Psalms 119:143
Trouble and anguish have overtaken me; yet Thy commandments are my delight.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
In Context
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth.
144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding, and I shall live.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4(18-5) The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.
Psalms 116:3The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in Thy commandments, which I have loved.
Psalms 119:107I am afflicted very much; quicken me, O LORD, according unto Thy word.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:143
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. Observe, 1. That God's word is righteousness, and it is an everlasting righteousness. It is the rule of God's judgment, and it is consonant to his counsels from eternity and will direct his sentence for eternity. The word of God will judge us, it will judge us in righteousness, and by it our everlasting state will be determined. This should possess us with a very great reverence for the word of God that it is righteousness itself, the… Read the whole commentary →