Psalms 119:143
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
KJV
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.
ASV
צַר וּ/מָצ֥וֹק מְצָא֑וּ/נִי מִ֝צְוֺתֶ֗י/ךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽ/י
Hebrew
Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands are my delights.
YLT
Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
ו
v
noun · 183×
ו
v
verb · 107×
י
y
noun · 9×
מָצ֔וֹק
mtsvq
noun · 6×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 23:12 — Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Ps 19:8 — The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
- Ps 112:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Ps 119:24 — Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
- Ps 119:92 — Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
- Ps 119:107 — I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.