¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for your commandments.

¹ > As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants after you, God.

²⁰ My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

² as newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,

¹⁴ Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

⁸ Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you; to your name, even to your memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.

⁹ With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

¹⁷⁴ I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, As one who finds great spoil.

⁴⁰ Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.

¹⁰ I am Yahweh, your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

²³ They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.