Psalm 119:131

New International Version

I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.

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They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.

Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,

I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.

I long for your salvation, Lord, and your law gives me delight.

My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.

How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.

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

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,