KJV King James Version
My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.
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Psalm 119:20
My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
WEB World English Bible
My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
ASV American Standard Version
My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word.
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19 I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
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Psalm 42:1-2To 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 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.Job 23:11-12My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.Psalm 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;Psalm 119:131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.Psalm 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.Psalm 119:174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight.Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?Revelation 3:15-16I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.Psalm 106:3Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.Song of Solomon 5:8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.
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