Psalms 119:20

“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 he was crushed as by a single blow, but that his soul - his strength - was worn away by little and little. The desire to know more of the commands of God acted continually on him, exhausting his strength, and overcoming him. He so longed for God that, in our language, “it wore upon him” - as any ungratified desire does. It was not the possession of the knowledge of God that exhausted him; it was the intenseness of his desire that he might know more of God. For the longing - For the earnest desire. That it hath unto thy judgments at all times - Thy…”

“Breaketh - Faints, as it frequently does, when a thing vehemently desired is delayed. Judgments - To a more sound knowledge and serious practice of them. Psalms 119:21”

“119:20-21 The arrogant are probably those who mock the psalmist (119:22-23).”

“soul: Psa 119:40, Psa 119:131, Psa 119:174, Psa 42:1, Psa 63:1, Psa 84:2; Pro 13:12; Sol 5:8; Rev 3:15, Rev 3:16 at all times: Psa 106:3; Job 23:11, Job 23:12, Job 27:10; Pro 17:17 Psalms 119:21”