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Psalms 119:143
143I have much trouble and it makes me afraid, but your commands make me happy.
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 not important enough for people to respect me, but I do not forget your teaching. 142You will always do what is right and your law is completely true. I have much trouble and it makes me afraid, but your commands make me happy. 144Your rules are always fair. Help me to understand them, so that I may find true life. 145With my whole being, I call to you, ‘Answer me, Lord! I will obey your commands.’
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:143 word by word
צַר־וּמָצ֥וֹק מְצָא֑וּנִי מִ֝צְוֹתֶ֗יךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:143
- Psalms 119:107I have a lot of trouble and pain. Lord, please keep me safe, as you have promised to do.
- Psalms 18:4Death was near enough to catch me! Danger was like a river that poured over me.
- Psalms 88:3There is a lot of trouble in my life. I feel that I am near to death.
- Psalms 116:3The danger of death was very near to me. I became afraid of the deep hole of death. I was very sad and upset.
- Psalms 130:1Lord, I am crying aloud to you because I have great trouble.
- Mark 14:33Jesus took Peter, James and John with him. He started to feel very sad and upset.
- Psalms 119:16Your laws make me very happy. I will not forget what you have taught me.
- Job 23:12I have been careful to obey his commands. His words are more important to me than my food.
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, ‘My Father has sent me. I must do the things he wants me to do. I must finish the work that he has given to me to do. That is my food.
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
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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
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