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Psalms 119:131
131I want very much to know your commands, like a thirsty dog needs water to drink.
Psalms 119:131 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
- New International Version (NIV)I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commandments.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I opened my mouth and panted, For I longed for Your commandments.
Context of Psalms 119:131
129Your laws are wonderful, Lord! So I obey them. 130Your message brings light to people, when they understand it. It helps ordinary people to become wise. I want very much to know your commands, like a thirsty dog needs water to drink. 132Turn towards me and be kind to me, as you always do for those who serve you. 133Use your word to lead me along the right way. Do not let sin rule over me.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:131 word by word
פִּֽי־פָ֭עַרְתִּי וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָה כִּ֖י לְמִצְוֹתֶ֣יךָ יָאָֽבְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:131
- Psalms 119:20I really want to obey your rules all the time. I want that more than anything else.
- Psalms 42:1God, I need you so much! I look for you, as a thirsty deer looks for streams of water.
- Isaiah 26:8Yes, Lord, as we follow the path of your justice, we wait for you to help us. We really want people to know that you are great. We want them to praise your name.
- 1 Peter 2:2Instead, you should want to learn about God more and more. New babies always want their mothers' milk, which makes them grow strong. God's true message is like good food that will make you strong in your spirits. Then you will continue to grow as believers so that God saves you.
- Psalms 119:40I really want to obey your rules. Because you are righteous, please let me continue to live.
- Hebrews 12:14Do everything that you can to live in peace with other people. Make yourself separate from bad things. Nobody will see the Lord unless their life is good and clean.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:131
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 131I opened my mouth and panted - All this is the language of deep emotion. We breathe hard under the influence of such emotion; we open the mouth wide, and pant, as the ordinary passage for the air through the nostrils is not sufficient to meet the needs of the lungs in their increased action. The idea is, that his heart was full; that he had such an intense desire as to produce deep and rapid breathing; that he was like one who was exhausted, and who…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 129-136Verses 129-136 The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his conflicts with sin, pants for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 129-136Pe (פ) is the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist prays earnestly for God to speak to him as he suffers from his adversities.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 131-135131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed I opened my mouth, and panted--as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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