Cross References

Psalm 119:131

New American Bible - revised edition

I sigh with open mouth, yearning for your commandments.

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They waited for me as for the rain; they drank in my words like the spring rains.

Like a slave who longs for the shade, a hireling who waits for wages,

I rejoice at your promise, as one who has found rich spoil.

I long for your salvation, Lord; your law is my delight.

At all times my soul is stirred with longing for your judgments.

See how I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life.

For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.

There shall be no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.

Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation,