Psalms 119:20
My desires are crushed by the longing to know 1 your righteous decrees at all times. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
In Context
19I am a foreigner in the land; 1 do not hide your commandments from me. 1
21You rebuke the proud, who are cursed, 1 who wander from your commandments. 1
Cross References
Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty 1 and call upon God at all times? 1
Psalms 63:1God, you are my God! I earnestly search for you, 1 my soul thirsts for you, and my flesh longs for you, 1 in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 1
Psalms 106:3Blessed are those who do what is right, 1 and whose deeds are always just. 1
Psalms 119:131I open my mouth and pant, 1 for I long for your commandments. 1
Proverbs 13:12When hope is postponed, it breaks the heart, 1 but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. 1
Song of Solomon 5:8I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, 1 that if you find my beloved— 1 What will you make known to him?— 1 that I am sick from love. The women of the city speaking to the woman 1
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 →