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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:20

In 11 translations

BSB
My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
KJV
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
WEB
My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
ASV
My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
LSV
My soul has broken for desire || To Your judgments at all times.
YLT
Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
DBY
My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.
DRC118:20
My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.
GNV
Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
JPS
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times.
LXXE118:20
My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times.

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Original-language editions

WLC
גָּרְסָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֣י לְתַאֲבָ֑ה אֶֽל־מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ בְכָל־עֵֽת׃
LXX-Br118:20
Ἐπεπόθησεν ἡ ψυχή μου τοῦ ἐπιθυμῆσαι τὰ κρίματά σου ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  • Psalms 42:1–2As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
  • 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.
  • Job 23:11–12My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside. I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
  • Psalms 119:131I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
  • Psalms 119:40How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
  • Psalms 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
  • Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
  • Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
  • Revelation 3:15–16I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other! So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
  • Psalms 106:3Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
  • Song of Songs 5:8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
  • Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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