Salmos 119:131

Psa 119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Ver. 131. I opened my mouth and panted ] Heb. and sooped in the air, as one that laboureth for life. Oh the sighs and the groans that I incessantly breathed forth out of zeal to thy law! Oh the strong affections kindled on the hearth of my heart! for,

I longed for thy commandments ] The Septuagint renders it by επιποθεω , which signifieth a most vehement desire, impatient of delays. As one that runneth himself out of breath. Sitio propter legem sicut dracones propter pluviam, Job 29:1-25