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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:143 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Trouble
tsar (Hebrew #6862)
from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsar
Origin: or tsar {tsawr}
and anguish
matsowq (Hebrew #4689)
a narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability
KJV usage: anguish, distress, straitness.
Pronounce: maw-tsoke'
Origin: from 6693
have μtaken hold
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
on me: yet thy commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
are my delights
sha`shua` (Hebrew #8191)
enjoyment
KJV usage: delight, pleasure.
Pronounce: shah-shoo'-ah
Origin: from 8173
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μ
found me.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Trouble.
Psa. 119:107• 107I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word. (Psa. 119:107)
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Psa. 18:4‑5• 4The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
 5The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me. (Psa. 18:4‑5)
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Psa. 88:3‑18• 3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.
 4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
 5Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.
 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
 7Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
 8Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
 9Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
 10Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.
 11Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?
 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
 13But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.
 14Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
 15I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, and I am distracted.
 16Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:
 17They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.
 18Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness. (Psa. 88:3‑18)
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Psa. 116:3• 3The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow: (Psa. 116:3)
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Psa. 130:1• 1A Song of degrees. Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah. (Psa. 130:1)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; abide here and watch. (Mark 14:33‑34)
taken hold on me.
Heb. found me.
yet thy.
Psa. 119:16,47,77• 16I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
 47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;
 77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight. (Psa. 119:16,47,77)
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Job 23:12• 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart. (Job 23:12)
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John 4:34• 34Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work. (John 4:34)
• The tribulation of the power of evil will take hold of the remnant, but there will be the comfort of the commandments being their delight in the inner man. So we in all sorrow, in the evil day in a yet higher way. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:121-176” by J.N. Darby)
• {v.143-144} Enemies may surround him, trouble and anguish may take hold of him, but trial and sorrow will pass away, while the righteousness of God’s testimonies will abide. Therefore, he finds his delight in God’s commandments, and looks to God for guidance into the path that leads to life beyond all trouble and anguish. (“Psalm 119:137-144: Division 18 (Tzaddi)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.