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My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
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An All-Consuming Longing
Commentators explain that the word "breaketh" does not mean snapping in despair, but being worn down by an intense, continuous desire. Albert Barnes describes it as a longing so powerful it "wore upon him," exhausting his strength. This is a picture of a heart completely consumed with a passion to know and live by God's truth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My soul breaketh - This word means to break, to crush, or to break in pieces by scraping, rubbing, or grating. The idea seems to be…
19th Century
Anglican
Breaks. —The Hebrew is peculiar to this place and Lamentations 3:16. The Septuagint, Vulgate, and Aquila have “greatly desired;” S…
Baptist
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
We cannot always say that, for we sometimes wish tha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My soul breaks for the longing His heart was just ready to break, and his soul fainted; he was ready to die, through…
If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We should spend our lives in His service; we will find true life in keeping His word. Those …
