Psalms 119:131
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
KJV
I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.
ASV
פִּֽ/י פָ֭עַרְתִּי וָ/אֶשְׁאָ֑פָ/ה כִּ֖י לְ/מִצְוֺתֶ֣י/ךָ יָאָֽבְתִּי
Hebrew
My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
YLT
I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ו
v
noun · 183×
י
y
noun · 496×
יָאָֽבְתִּי
y'bty
verb · 1×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
פָעֲרָ֥ה
p'rh
verb · 4×
שֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים
sh'pym
verb · 14×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:2 — As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
- Heb 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
- Isa 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
- Job 29:23 — And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
- Ps 42:1 — As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
- Ps 42:1 — As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
- Ps 81:10 — I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
- Ps 119:5 — O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
- Ps 119:15 — I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
- Ps 119:20 — My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
- Ps 119:20 — My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
- Ps 119:162 — I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
- Ps 119:174 — I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.