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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Myg soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
breaketh
garac (Hebrew #1638)
to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve
KJV usage: break.
Pronounce: gaw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
for the longing
ta'abah (Hebrew #8375)
desire
KJV usage: longing.
Pronounce: tah-ab-aw'
Origin: from 8374 (compare 15)
that it hath unto thy judgments
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
at all times
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
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Psa. 63:1• 1<<A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.>> O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; (Psa. 63:1)

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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 119:40,131,174• 40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
 131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
 174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight. (Psa. 119:40,131,174)
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Psa. 42:1• 1<<To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.>> As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (Psa. 42:1)
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Psa. 63:1• 1<<A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.>> O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; (Psa. 63:1)
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Psa. 84:2• 2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. (Psa. 84:2)
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Prov. 13:12• 12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. (Prov. 13:12)
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Song of Sol. 5:8• 8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. (Song of Sol. 5:8)
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Rev. 3:15‑16• 15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
 16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. (Rev. 3:15‑16)
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Psa. 106:3• 3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. (Psa. 106:3)
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Job 23:11‑12• 11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:11‑12)
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Job 27:10• 10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? (Job 27:10)
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Prov. 17:17• 17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (Prov. 17:17)
• Such an one values the intimacies of God. They fill his soul, not with occasional desire, but continual longing (vs. 20). (“Psalm 119:17-24: Division 3 (Gimel)” by H. Smith)
• And here the heart is fully engaged and filled; “my soul breaketh” forth, for there is infinite delight, in the new nature, in the fullness of God's revelations. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgmentsd at all times.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note, ver. 7; and so ver. 52.