Psalms 119:20

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“My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.”

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BSBPD

“My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 119:20 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 23:11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
  2. Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
  3. Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
  4. Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
  5. Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  6. Psalms 106:3Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
  7. Psalms 119:40How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
  8. Psalms 119:131I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
  9. Psalms 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
  10. Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
  11. Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
  12. Song of Solomon 5:8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
  13. Revelation 3:15I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!

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