Psalms 119:143
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 119 connects to 10 cross-references. The longest chapter in the Bible — 176 verses in 22 sections, each using the same Hebrew letter in an acrostic. Every verse refers to God's word using one of eight synonyms: law, testimony, precepts, statute, commandment, ordinance, word, and …
Other Translations
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.
Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands <FI>are<Fi> my delights.
Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.
Cross References
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more …
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very …
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.