Psalm 119:143
143
Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
Read Psalm 119:143 Using Other Translations
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Trouble and anguish have found me out, but your commandments are my delight.
As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands.
What does Psalm 119:143 mean?
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Psalms 119:143
FOOTNOTES:
F1 (ynwaum) "invenerunt me", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me
Or, "found me" F1. Outward troubles and inward
distress; troubles arising from his enemies, the men of the
world, that hated and persecuted him; and from a body of sin and
death, from the temptations of Satan, and divine desertions; some
from without, and others from within; troubles both of body and
mind, which is what all good men are liable to;
[yet] thy commandments [are] my delights;
so far from being grievous, that they were a pleasure to him;
yea, exceedingly delighted him, and cheered and refreshed his
spirits amidst all his troubles.
F1 (ynwaum) "invenerunt me", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis.
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