Mazmur 119:131

119:131 I open my mouth and pant,

because I long ¹  for your commands.

Mazmur 143:6

143:6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer; ² 

my soul thirsts for you in a parched ³  land. ⁴ 

[119:131]  ¹ tn The verb occurs only here in the OT.

[143:6]  ² tn The words “in prayer” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the psalmist is referring to a posture of prayer.

[143:6]  ³ tn Heb “faint” or “weary.” See Ps 63:1.

[143:6]  ⁴ tc Heb “my soul like a faint land for you.” A verb (perhaps “thirsts”) is implied (see Ps 63:1). The translation assumes an emendation of the preposition -כְּ (kÿ, “like”) to -בְּ (bÿ, “in,” see Ps 63:1; cf. NEB “athirst for thee in a thirsty land”). If the MT is retained, one might translate, “my soul thirsts for you, as a parched land does for water/rain” (cf. NIV, NRSV).