Psalm 119:143 {118:143}
Good News Translation
I am filled with trouble and anxiety, but your commandments bring me joy.

New Revised Standard Version
Trouble and anguish have come upon me, but your commandments are my delight.

Contemporary English Version
I am in deep distress, but I love your teachings.

New American Bible
Though distress and anguish come upon me, your commandments are my delight.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.

trouble

Psalm 119:107 I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.

Psalm 18:4,5 The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me. . . .

Psalm 88:3 For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

Psalm 130:1 A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:

Mark 14:33,34 And he taketh Peter and James and John with him: and he began to fear and to be heavy. . . .

taken hold on me.

Psalm 119:16,47,77 I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words. . . .

Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

John 4:34 Jesus saith to them: My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work.

Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
142Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth. 143Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.144Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.…
Cross References
Psalm 119:24
For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel.

Psalm 119:144
Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

Psalm 119:142
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