Psalms 119:143
Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
In Context
142Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.
144The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!
Cross References
Psalms 18:4Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
Psalms 116:3Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
Psalms 119:47And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
Psalms 119:107I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
Mark 14:33and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,
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 →