Psalms 119:143

Psalms 119:143 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
• New International Version (NIV)Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Trouble and anguish have found me out, but your commandments are my delight.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, Yet Your commandments are my delights.

Context of Psalms 119:143

141I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten. 142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth. Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights. 144The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. 145KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.

Psalms 119:143 word by word

צַר־וּמָצ֥וֹק מְצָא֑וּנִי מִ֝צְוֹתֶ֗יךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687

Cross-references for Psalms 119:143

• Psalms 119:107I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.
• Psalms 18:4The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
• Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.
• Psalms 116:3The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:
• Psalms 130:1Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah.
• Mark 14:33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
• Psalms 119:16I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
• Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
• John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.

Commentaries on Psalms 119:143

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 143Trouble and anguish - The word rendered “trouble” means affliction of any kind; the word rendered “anguish” would probably express that which results from being pressed, compressed, straitened. It properly refers to a situation where there is no room to move, and where we are pent up in a narrow place. The two words denote deep affliction. Have taken hold on me - Margin, as in Hebrew, “found me.” That is, they were in pursuit of me, and have at last…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 137-144Verses 137-144 God never did, and never can do wrong to any. The promises are faithfully performed by Him that made them. Zeal against sin should constrain us to do what we can against it, at least to do more in religion ourselves. Our love to the word of God is evidence of our love to God, because it is designed to make us partake his holiness. Men's real excellency always makes them low in their own eyes. When we are small and despised, we have the more…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 137-144Tsadhe (צ) is the eighteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. God is righteous, and his word is right and just, especially in contrast to the deceptions of the wicked.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 142-144142-144. The principles of God's government are permanent and reliable, and in the deepest distress His people find them a theme of delightful meditation and a source of reviving power (Psa 119:17, 116). law is the truth--It therefore cannot deceive as to its promises. everlasting--(Psa 111:3), though to outward appearance seeming dead. KOPH. (Psa 119:145-152).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 119:143

• Afflictions and Adversities

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• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

Commentaries on Psalms 119

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings