In Psalm 42:1, the soul thirsts for God as a deer pants for water—the same metaphor of desperate longing for God found here.

In Psalm 42:2, the soul thirsts for God in exactly the same words—'my soul thirsteth for God'—a strong verbal parallel.

Psalm 63:1 uses the identical image of a soul thirsting in a dry, weary land, echoing this desperate longing for God.

In Psalm 88:9, the same phrase 'I have stretched out my hands unto thee' appears, also in a prayer of affliction—direct parallel.

In Psalm 28:2, the psalmist lifts his hands toward the sanctuary — the same gesture of prayerful appeal as stretching out hands.

In Psalm 68:31, nations stretch out their hands to God — the same gesture of submission, here applied to Gentiles.

In Psalm 73:25, the psalmist desires nothing besides God — the same wholehearted longing for God expressed here.

In Psalm 44:20, stretching out hands to a strange god is contrasted with the psalmist's gesture toward the true God here—same action, opposite object.

In Psalm 63:8, the soul clings to God — a complementary image of desperate dependence, alongside reaching out.

Psalm 84:2 expresses a similar longing and fainting for God’s courts, though without the specific thirst metaphor.

John 7:37 presents Jesus as the answer to spiritual thirst, directly echoing the psalmist’s cry for God.

In Job 11:13, Zophar calls Job to stretch out his hands to God in repentance, the same posture of prayer as the psalmist's plea here.

Revelation 7:16 promises no more thirst — the opposite of the psalmist's present thirst, offering future hope.

Exodus 9:29 shows Moses stretching out his hands to the Lord in prayer, mirroring the same physical gesture of plea.

Lamentations 3:41 urges lifting hands to God — the same gesture of desperate prayer as stretching out hands.

Isaiah 55:1 invites the thirsty to come to waters — the same image of spiritual thirst that the psalmist expresses.

In Ezra 9:5, Ezra spreads out his hands in prayer and confession — matching the physical gesture of reaching out to God.

In 2 Chronicles 6:12, Solomon spreads his hands in prayer at the temple dedication — the same posture of supplication as here.

1 Samuel 1:15 describes Hannah pouring out her soul before God, similar to the psalmist’s intense longing in prayer.

Isaiah 26:9 adds a night-time yearning and earnest seeking of God, reinforcing the theme of soul-longing.

Isaiah 26:8 speaks of the soul’s desire for God’s name, paralleling the deep yearning but not the thirst or hands.