Psalm 119:131

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

With open mouth I pant, because I long for your commandments.

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As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.

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

Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation—

Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

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

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

I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.

They waited for me as for the rain; they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

See, I have longed for your precepts; in your righteousness be gracious to me.

Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like laborers who look for their wages,