Psalm 119:131

A Conservative Version

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

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As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God.

My soul breaks for the longing that it has to thine ordinances at all times.

as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.

I am LORD thy God who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD, and thy law is my delight.

I rejoice at thy word, as he who finds great spoil.

And they waited for me as for the rain. And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts. Enliven me in thy righteousness.

As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling who looks for his wages,