Psalms 119:20
My soul is broken from longing for thy ordinances at all times.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
In Context
19A stranger am I on the earth: hide not from me thy commandments.
21Thou hast rebuked the accursed proud, who go erringly astray from thy commandments.
Cross References
Job 27:10Or can he find delight in the Almighty? can he call on God at all times?
Psalms 63:1“A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.” (63:2) O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry land, and it is faint without water.
Psalms 106:3Happy are those that observe justice, that execute righteousness at all times.
Psalms 119:131I opened my mouth, and panted for breath; because for thy commandments did I long.
Proverbs 13:12Expectation long deferred maketh the heart sick; but a tree of life is a desire which is fulfilled.
Song of Solomon 5:8I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? that I am sick of love.—
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:20
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. Here we have, 1. The acknowledgment which David makes of his own condition: I am a stranger in the earth. We all are so, and all good people confess themselves to be so; for heaven is their home, and the world is but their inn, the land of their pilgrimage. David was a man that knew as much of the world, and was as well known in it, as most men. God built him a house, established his throne; strangers submitted to him, and people that he had not… Read the whole commentary →