Psalms 119:143

Webster's Bible (1833)

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 23:12 : 12 I haven't gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
  • Ps 18:4-5 : 4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me.
  • Ps 88:3-9 : 3 For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol. 4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help, 5 Set apart among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand. 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, In the darkest depths. 7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. 8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape. 9 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you. 10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah. 11 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? 12 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you. 14 Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. 16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off. 17 They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me. 18 You have put lover and friend far from me, And my friends into darkness.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death surrounded me, The pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
  • Ps 119:47 : 47 I will delight myself in your commandments, Because I love them.
  • Ps 119:77 : 77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For your law is my delight.
  • Ps 119:107 : 107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
  • Ps 130:1 : 1 > Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed. 34 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch."
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 119:47
    81%

    47I will delight myself in your commandments, Because I love them.

  • Ps 119:172-174
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    80%

    172Let my tongue sing of your word, For all your commandments are righteousness.

    173Let your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen your precepts.

    174I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:34-35
    2 verses
    80%

    34Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

    35Direct me in the path of your commandments, For I delight in them.

  • Ps 119:76-77
    2 verses
    79%

    76Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, According to your word to your servant.

    77Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For your law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:92
    78%

    92Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

  • Ps 119:144
    78%

    144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

  • Ps 119:141-142
    2 verses
    77%

    141I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.

    142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

  • Ps 119:50
    76%

    50This is my comfort in my affliction, For your word has revived me.

  • Ps 119:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.

    11I have hidden your word in my heart, That I might not sin against you.

  • Ps 119:66-67
    2 verses
    76%

    66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe in your commandments.

    67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I observe your word.

  • Ps 119:131
    76%

    131I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for your commandments.

  • Ps 119:153
    76%

    153Consider my affliction, and deliver me, For I don't forget your law.

  • Ps 119:86
    76%

    86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

  • Ps 119:40
    75%

    40Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.

  • Ps 119:43
    75%

    43Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, For I put my hope in your ordinances.

  • Ps 119:127
    75%

    127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, Yes, more than pure gold.

  • Ps 119:159
    75%

    159Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

  • Ps 119:166-167
    2 verses
    75%

    166I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.

    167My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.

  • Ps 31:7
    75%

    7I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, For you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

  • Ps 119:16
    75%

    16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

  • Ps 119:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments from me.

    20My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

  • Ps 119:110-111
    2 verses
    74%

    110The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.

    111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

  • Ps 119:107
    74%

    107I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.

  • Ps 119:71
    74%

    71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statutes.

  • Ps 119:24
    74%

    24Indeed your statutes are my delight, And my counselors.

  • Ps 119:133-134
    2 verses
    74%

    133Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.

    134Redeem me from the oppression of man, So I will observe your precepts.

  • Ps 119:53
    74%

    53Indignation has taken hold on me, Because of the wicked who forsake your law.

  • Ps 119:157
    74%

    157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.

  • Ps 119:129
    74%

    129Your testimonies are wonderful, Therefore my soul keeps them.

  • Ps 119:94-95
    2 verses
    74%

    94I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

    95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

  • Ps 94:19
    73%

    19In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.

  • Ps 119:28
    73%

    28My soul is weary with sorrow: Strengthen me according to your word.

  • Ps 119:97-98
    2 verses
    73%

    97How love I your law! It is my meditation all day.

    98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are always with me.

  • Ps 119:161-162
    2 verses
    73%

    161Princes have persecuted me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of your words.

    162I rejoice at your word, As one who finds great spoil.

  • Ps 119:14
    73%

    14I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, As much as in all riches.

  • Ps 119:146
    73%

    146I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.