Verse 143

Trouble and anguish have seized me, yet Your commandments are my delight.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 23:12 : 12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
  • Ps 18:4-5 : 4 I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies. 5 The cords of death surrounded me, and the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
  • Ps 88:3-9 : 3 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry. 4 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 5 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength. 6 Abandoned among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off from your care. 7 You have placed me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 8 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me, and you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah. 9 You have taken my closest friends from me; you have made me a horror to them. I am confined and cannot escape. 10 My eyes are wasted from sorrow; I call upon you, LORD, every day; I stretch out my hands to you. 11 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah. 12 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? 13 Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 14 But I, LORD, cry to you for help; in the morning, my prayer comes before you. 15 Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? 16 I have been afflicted and close to death since my youth; I have borne your terrors and am in despair. 17 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. 18 They surround me all day long like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
  • Ps 119:47 : 47 I delight in Your commandments, which I love.
  • Ps 119:77 : 77 Let Your mercy come to me that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
  • Ps 119:107 : 107 I am severely afflicted; LORD, give me life according to Your word.
  • Ps 130:1 : 1 A song of ascents. From the depths I call to You, LORD.
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 He said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch."
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to accomplish his work.