New American Standard Bible (©1995) My soul is crushed with longing After Your ordinances at all times.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995) My soul is overwhelmed with endless longing for your regulations. King James Bible My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. Jump to Previous Occurrence Breaketh Broken Consumed Crushed Decisions Desire Judgments Longing Ordinances Soul Times Jump to Next Occurrence Breaketh Broken Consumed Crushed Decisions Desire Judgments Longing Ordinances Soul Times Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 20 David had prayed that God would open his eyes (v. 18) and open the law (v. 19); now here he pleads the earnestness of his desire for knowledge and grace, for it is the fervent prayer that avails much. 1. His desire was importunate: My soul breaketh for the longing it hath to thy judgments, or (as some read it) "It is taken up, and wholly employed, in longing for thy judgments; the whole stream of its desires runs in this channel. I shall think myself quite broken and undone if I want the word of God, the direction, converse, and comfort of it." 2. It was constant-at all times. It was not now and then, in a good humour, that he was so fond of the word of God; but it is the habitual temper of every sanctified soul to hunger after the word of God as its necessary food, which there is no living without. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: After all at consumed crushed for is laws longing My ordinances soul times with your Bible Browser |