Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I long for your salvation, LORD, and your law gives me delight. New Living Translation O LORD, I have longed for your rescue, and your instructions are my delight. English Standard Version I long for your salvation, O LORD, and your law is my delight. Berean Standard Bible I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight. King James Bible I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. New King James Version I long for Your salvation, O LORD, And Your law is my delight. New American Standard Bible I long for Your salvation, LORD, And Your Law is my delight. NASB 1995 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, And Your law is my delight. NASB 1977 I long for Thy salvation, O LORD, And Thy law is my delight. Legacy Standard Bible I long for Your salvation, O Yahweh, And Your law is my delight. Amplified Bible I long for Your salvation, O LORD, And Your law is my delight. Christian Standard Bible I long for your salvation, LORD, and your instruction is my delight. Holman Christian Standard Bible I long for Your salvation, LORD, and Your instruction is my delight. American Standard Version I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight. Contemporary English Version I am waiting for you to save me, LORD. Your Law makes me happy. English Revised Version I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. GOD'S WORD® Translation I have longed for you to save me, O LORD, and your teachings make me happy. Good News Translation How I long for your saving help, O LORD! I find happiness in your law. International Standard Version I am longing for your deliverance, LORD, and your instruction is my joy. Majority Standard Bible I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight. NET Bible I long for your deliverance, O LORD; I find delight in your law. New Heart English Bible I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your Law is my delight. Webster's Bible Translation I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. World English Bible I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionI have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, "" And Your law [is] my delight. Young's Literal Translation I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law is my delight. Smith's Literal Translation I longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible I long for your salvation, LORD; your law is my delight. New Revised Standard Version I long for your salvation, O LORD, and your law is my delight. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and I meditate on thy law. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated My soul has waited for your salvation and I have meditated in your Law. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917I have longed for Thy salvation, O LORD; And Thy law is my delight. Brenton Septuagint Translation I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet…173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. 174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight. 175Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.… Cross References Romans 7:22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law. Isaiah 26:8-9 Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls. / My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, Hebrews 11:16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. Romans 8:23 Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 2 Timothy 4:8 From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing. 1 John 3:2-3 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. / And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure. Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 2 Corinthians 5:2 For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, Isaiah 51:5 My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm. Micah 7:7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. Psalm 42:1-2 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. / My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence? Psalm 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You. Isaiah 25:9 And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.” Treasury of Scripture I have longed for your salvation, O LORD; and your law is my delight. longed Psalm 119:81,166 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word… Genesis 49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. 2 Samuel 23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. and thy law Psalm 119:16,24,47,77,111,162,167 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word… Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Jump to Previous Delight Desire Longed SalvationJump to Next Delight Desire Longed SalvationPsalm 119 1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.2. Aleph. 9. Beth 17. Gimel 25. Daleth 33. He 41. Waw 49. Zayin 57. Heth 65. Teth 73. Yodh 81. Kaph 89. Lamedh 97. Mem 105. Nun 113. Samekh 121. Ayin 129. Pe 137. Tsadhe 145. Qoph 153. Resh 161. Sin and Shin 169. Taw I long for The Hebrew word used here is "ta'ab," which conveys a deep yearning or desire. This longing is not a fleeting wish but a profound, soul-deep craving. In the context of the psalmist's life, this longing reflects a heart that is earnestly seeking God's intervention and presence. Historically, the Israelites often found themselves in situations where they were in desperate need of God's deliverance, whether from physical enemies or spiritual desolation. This longing is a testament to the human condition's need for divine connection and redemption. Your salvation O LORD and Your law is my delight Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I longתָּאַ֣בְתִּי (tā·’aḇ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 8373: To long for for Your salvation, לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣ (lî·šū·‘ā·ṯə·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3444: Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity O LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH and Your law וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ (wə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law is my delight. שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃ (ša·‘ă·šu·‘āy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 8191: Enjoyment Links Psalm 119:174 NIVPsalm 119:174 NLT Psalm 119:174 ESV Psalm 119:174 NASB Psalm 119:174 KJV Psalm 119:174 BibleApps.com Psalm 119:174 Biblia Paralela Psalm 119:174 Chinese Bible Psalm 119:174 French Bible Psalm 119:174 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 119:174 I have longed for your salvation Yahweh (Psalm Ps Psa.) |