Psalms 119:143
Stress and strain are upon me, but your commandments are my delight.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
In Context
142Just is your justice forever, and trusty is your law.
144Right are your charges forever, instruct me that I may live.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The waves of death broke about me, fearful floods of chaos.
Psalms 116:3About me were snares of death, the anguish of Sheol was upon me: distress and sorrow were mine.
Psalms 119:47Your commandments are my delight, I love them exceedingly.
Psalms 119:107I am afflicted sorely: revive me, O Lord, as you said.
Mark 14:33He took with him Peter, James, and John; and began to show signs of great dismay and deep distress of mind.
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 →