Psalm 119:131

My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, because, for thy commandments, have I longed.

BOOK THE SECOND As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.

My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.

And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;

I, Yahweh, am thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, - Open wide thy mouth, that I may fill it.

Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.

Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.

I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy law, is my dear delight.

Surely in the path of thy regulations, O Yahweh, we waited for thee, - Unto thy Name and unto thy Memorial, was there a longing of soul:

Peace, be pursuing, with all, and the obtaining of holiness, - without which no one shall see the Lord:

As new-born babes, for the pure milk that is for the mind, eagerly crave, that, thereby, ye may grow unto salvation: -

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge