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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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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: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word. (Psa. 119:107)
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Psa. 18:4‑5• 4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
 5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented 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 unto the grave.
 4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
 5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
 8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
 9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
 10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
 11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
 13But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
 14Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
 15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
 16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
 17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
 18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. (Psa. 88:3‑18)
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Psa. 116:3• 3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. (Psa. 116:3)
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Psa. 130:1• 1<<A Song of degrees.>> Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. (Psa. 130:1)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
 34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. (Mark 14:33‑34)
taken hold on me.
Heb. found me.
yet thy.
Psa. 119:16,47,77• 16I will 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 esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:12)
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John 4:34• 34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. (John 4:34)
• {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)
• 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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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