Psalms 119:20

soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

breaketh for. hath broken owing to. Occurring again only in Lamentations 3:16.

longing. fervent desire; same word as verses: Psalms 119:40; Psalms 119:174, but not Psalms 119:131.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My soul breaketh - This word means to break; to crush; to break in pieces by scraping, rubbing, or grating. The idea would seem to be, not that h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginnin...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 698 DAVID’S DESIRE AFTER GOD’S WORD Psalms 119:20 . My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. My soul breaketh - We have a similar expression: It broke my heart,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My soul breaketh, &c.— This may be rendered, is taken up, or wholly employed, in longing for, or love to thy judgments.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgmen...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Breaketh. — The Hebrew is peculiar to this place and Lamentations 3:16 . The LXX., Vulg., and Aquila have “greatly desired;” Symmachus, “was perfe...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Prayer for Understanding Psalms 119:17-32 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them v...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My soul breaketh for the longing ,.... His heart was just ready to break, and his soul fainted; he was ready to die, through a vehement desire of en...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times. Ver. 20. My soul breaketh ] The Seventy render it, My soul hath d...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am a stranger in the earth Or, a sojourner. I am not here as in my home, but as a pilgrim travelling homeward in a strange land: a condition wh...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. David had prayed that God would open his eyes (...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Breaketh; fainteth, as it frequently doth, when a thing vehemently desired is denied or delayed. Compare Proverbs 13:12 . Unto thy judgments;...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at...
The Biblical Illustrator

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thy judgments at all times. The right and the wrong I. A hungering for the right. This hunge...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gimel. Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My soul breaketh for the longing, is crushed and faint with eager desire, that it hath unto Thy judgments at all times, to meet with God's approval...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Breaketh — Faints, as it frequently does, when a thing vehemently desired is delayed. Judgments — To a more sound knowledge and serious practice of...

²⁰ My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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