Bible verse
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
Psalm 119:131 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 119.
127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
129 Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
131 I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
132 Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
133 Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
KJV
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
ASV
I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.
ERV
I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.
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