Psalms 119:143
צַר ־ וּמָצוֹק מְצָאוּנִי מִצְוֺתֶיךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
In Context
142צִדְקָתְךָ צֶדֶק לְעוֹלָם וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ אֱמֶֽת ׃
144צֶדֶק עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ לְעוֹלָם הֲבִינֵנִי וְאֶחְיֶֽה ׃
Cross References
Psalms 18:4מְהֻלָּל אֶקְרָא יְהוָה וּמִן ־ אֹיְבַי אִוָּשֵֽׁעַ ׃
Psalms 116:3אֲפָפוּנִי ׀ חֶבְלֵי ־ מָוֶת וּמְצָרֵי שְׁאוֹל מְצָאוּנִי צָרָה וְיָגוֹן אֶמְצָֽא ׃
Psalms 119:47וְאֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁע בְּמִצְוֺתֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר אָהָֽבְתִּי ׃
Psalms 119:107נַעֲנֵיתִי עַד ־ מְאֹד יְהוָה חַיֵּנִי כִדְבָרֶֽךָ ׃
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 →