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Psalm 119:131

New International Reader's Version

I open my mouth and pant like a dog, because I long to know your commands.

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They waited for me just as they would wait for rain showers. They drank my words just as they would drink the spring rain.

I’ve been like a slave who longs for the evening shadows to come. I’ve been like a hired worker who is waiting to be paid.

I’m filled with joy because of your promise. It’s like finding a great fortune.

Lord, I long for you to save me. Your law gives me delight.

My heart is filled with longing for your laws at all times.

I really want to follow your rules. Keep me alive, because you do what is right.

A deer longs for streams of water. God, I long for you in the same way.

I am the Lord your God. I brought you up out of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.

Try your best to live in peace with everyone. Try hard to be holy. Without holiness no one will see the Lord.

Like newborn babies, you should long for the pure milk of God’s word. It will help you grow up as believers.