Psalms 119:20
My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
In Context
19But a guest am I on the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
21You rebuke the proud, the accursed, who wander from your commandments.
Cross References
Psalms 63:1O God, my God, you, you do I seek: my heart thirsts for you, my body faints for you in a parched and waterless land.
Psalms 106:3Happy they who act justly, and do righteousness evermore.
Psalms 119:131With open mouth I pant with longing for your commandments.
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 →