Psalms 119:143
I constantly have troubles/difficulties and I am worried, but ◄your commands cause/what you have commanded causes► me to be happy.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
In Context
142You are righteous and you will be righteous forever, and your laws will never be changed.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4All around me were dangerous situations in which I might be killed [PRS]; it was as though there were huge waves [MET] that almost crashed on me and killed me.
Psalms 116:3Everything around me [MET] caused me to think that I would die; I was very afraid that I would die and go to the place where dead people are. I was very distressed/worried and afraid.
Psalms 119:47I am delighted to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and I love them.
Psalms 119:107Yahweh, I am suffering very much; cause me to be strong/healthy again, as you have promised to do.
Mark 14:33Then he took Peter, James, and John with him. He became extremely distressed, and he said to them,
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 →