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 …
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.