Psalms 119:131 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³¹I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Psalms 119:131 —

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Psalms 42:1
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalms 119:20
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
1 Peter 2:2
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Isaiah 26:8-9
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. …
Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 131)

Here is, 1. The desire David had towards the word of God: I longed for thy commandments. When he was under a forced absence from God’s ordinances he longed to be restored to them again; when he enjoyed ordinances he greedily sucked in the word of God, as new-born babes desire the milk. When Christ is formed in the soul there are gracious longings, unaccountable to one that is a stranger to the wor…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 131)

131-135. 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).