Psalms 119:143 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Psalms 119:143

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141

I {am} small and despised: {yet} do not I forget thy precepts.

142

Thy righteousness {is} an everlasting righteousness, and thy law {is} the truth.

143

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: {yet} thy commandments {are} my delights. {taken...: Heb. found me}

144

The righteousness of thy testimonies {is} everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

145

KOPH. I cried with {my} whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

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Psalms 119:1

"ALEPH. Blessed {are} the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. {undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere}"

Psalms 119:2

"Blessed {are} they that keep his testimonies, {and that} seek him with the whole heart."

Psalms 119:3

"They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways."

Psalms 119:4

"Thou hast commanded {us} to keep thy precepts diligently."

Psalms 119:5

"O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!"

Psalms 119:6

"Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments."

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