IiNdumiso 119:131

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

131 Ndakhamisa umlomo wam, ndakhefuza, Ngokuba ndiyilangazelela imithetho yakho.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

opened: Psalms 119:20, Psalms 42:1, Isaiah 26:8, Isaiah 26:9, 1 Peter 2:2

I longed: Psalms 119:40, Psalms 119:162, Psalms 119:174, Hebrews 12:14

Reciprocal: Job 7:2 - earnestly desireth Psalms 119:5 - General Psalms 119:15 - meditate Psalms 119:39 - for thy Song of Solomon 2:5 - for Romans 7:24 - wretched

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I opened my mouth, and panted,.... As a person out of breath does, through walking or running; he stops and pants, and opens his mouth, to draw in air to his relief: or as hungry and thirsty persons pant for food and drink, and open their mouths to receive it, before it can well be brought to them. So the psalmist panted after God, and communion with him; desired the sincere milk of the word; longed for the breasts of ordinances, and even fainted for the courts of the Lord,

Psalms 42:1;

for I longed for thy commandments; for an opportunity of waiting upon God in the way of his duty; to hear his word, and attend his worship.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I opened my mouth and panted - All this is the language of deep emotion. We breathe hard under the influence of such emotion; we open the mouth wide, and pant, as the ordinary passage for the air through the nostrils is not sufficient to meet the needs of the lungs in their increased action. The idea is, that his heart was full; that he had such an intense desire as to produce deep and rapid breathing; that he was like one who was exhausted, and who “panted” for breath. Compare the notes at Psalms 42:1.

For I longed for thy commandments - The word here rendered “longed” occurs nowhere else. It means to desire earnestly. See the notes at Psalms 119:20.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:131. I opened my mouth, and panted — A metaphor taken from an animal exhausted in the chase. He runs, open-mouthed, to take in the cooling air; the heart beating high, and the muscular force nearly expended through fatigue. The psalmist sought for salvation, as he would run from a ferocious beast for his life. Nothing can show his earnestness in a stronger point of view.