Psalms 119:143

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“Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.”

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BSBPD

“Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands <FI>are<Fi> my delights.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 119:143 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
  2. Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
  3. Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
  4. Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
  5. Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
  6. Psalms 119:47I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
  7. Psalms 119:77May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
  8. Psalms 119:107I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
  9. Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
  10. Mark 14:33He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
  11. John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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