Psalms 119:20
Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
21Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
Cross References
Job 27:10Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
Psalms 63:1A Psalme of David. When he was in the wildernesse of Judah. O God, thou art my God, earely will I seeke thee: my soule thirsteth for thee: my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and drye land without water.
Psalms 106:3Blessed are they that keepe iudgement, and doe righteousnesse at all times.
Psalms 119:131I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
Proverbs 13:12The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire commeth, it is as a tree of life.
Song of Solomon 5:8I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, if you finde my welbeloued, that you tell him that I am sicke of loue.
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 →