Psalms 119:143
Straitness and distress, have befallen me, Thy commandments, are my dear delights.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
In Context
142Thy righteousness, is righteous to times age-abiding, and, thy law, is truth.
144Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition, made me afraid;
Psalms 116:3The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found;
Psalms 119:47That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Psalms 119:107I have been afflicted exceedingly,—O Yahweh, give me life according to thy word.
Mark 14:33And he taketh Peter and James and John with him, and began to be exceedingly amazed, and in great distress;
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 →