Psalms 119:143

In 11 translations

BSB

Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

KJV

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.taken…: Heb. found me

WEB

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

ASV

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.

LSV

Adversity and distress have found me, || Your commands [are] my delights.

YLT

Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.

DBY

Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.

DRC118:143

Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.

GNV

Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.

JPS

Trouble and anguish have overtaken me; yet Thy commandments are my delight.

LXXE118:143

Afflictions and distresses found me: but thy commandments were my meditation.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

צַר־וּמָצ֥וֹק מְצָא֑וּנִי מִ֝צְוֺתֶ֗יךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃

LXX-Br118:143

Θλίψεις καὶ ἀνάγκαι εὕροσάν με, ἐντολαί σου μελέτη μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
• Psalms 119:107I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
• Psalms 119:77May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
• Psalms 18:4–5The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
• Psalms 119:47I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
• Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
• Mark 14:33–34He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”
• Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
• Psalms 88:3–18For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave,…
• Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
• John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

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