KJV King James Version
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
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Psalm 119:131
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
WEB World English Bible
I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
ASV American Standard Version
I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.
129 PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
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Cross-references
Psalm 42:1To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.Psalm 119:20My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:Psalm 81:10I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.Isaiah 26:8-9Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.Hebrews 12:14Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:Job 29:23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.Psalm 119:174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight.Psalm 119:162I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.Psalm 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
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