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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:174 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:174 |
King James |
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord - See the notes at Psa 119:166. The word rendered "I have longed" denotes an earnest desire or wish. Compare the notes at Psa 42:1, and the notes at Psa 119:20.
And thy law is my delight - It is so much the object of my delight that I earnestly long or desire to see more and more of its richness and fullness. |
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
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.
166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.