Psalms 119:20
My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
In Context
19A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.
21Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.
Cross References
Job 27:10Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!
Psalms 63:1O God, my GOD, thou art, Earnestly do I desire thee,—My soul thirsteth for thee, My flesh fainteth for thee, In a land—dry, and weary for want of water,—
Psalms 106:3How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.
Psalms 119:131My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, because, for thy commandments, have I longed.
Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred, sickeneth the heart,—but, a tree of life, is desire fulfilled.
Song of Solomon 5:8I adjure you, ye daughters of Jerusalem,—If ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? That, sick with love, I am.
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 →