Psalm 119:131

New English Translation

I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

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They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,

I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.

I long for your deliverance, O Lord; I find delight in your law.

I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.

Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance! ו (Vav)

As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,