Psalms 119:143

KJV1611 – Modern English

Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your commandments are my delights.

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  • Job 23:12 : 12 Nor have I departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
  • Ps 18:4-5 : 4 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me.
  • Ps 88:3-9 : 3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to the grave. 4 I am counted with those who go down into the pit; I am as a man who has no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, and they are cut off from your hand. 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths. 7 Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. 8 You have put my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. 9 My eye mourns by reason of affliction; LORD, I have called daily upon you, I have stretched out my hands to you. 10 Will you show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah. 11 Shall your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall your wonders be known in the dark, and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But to you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14 LORD, why do you cast off 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 goes over me; your terrors have cut me off. 17 They came around me daily like water; they have encircled me together. 18 Lover and friend have you put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell took 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 And I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love.
  • 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, O LORD, according to Your word.
  • Ps 130:1 : 1 Out of the depths I have cried to you, O LORD.
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be distressed and deeply troubled. 34 And he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto 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 finish his work.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 119:47
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    47And I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love.

  • Ps 119:172-174
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    172My tongue shall speak of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteousness.

    173Let Your hand become my help, for I have chosen Your precepts.

    174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:34-35
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    34Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

    35Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it.

  • Ps 119:76-77
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    79%

    76Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be 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
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    144The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live.

  • Ps 119:141-142
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    77%

    141I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Your precepts.

    142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and 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
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    10With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments.

    11Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

  • Ps 119:66-67
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    76%

    66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe Your commandments.

    67Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep Your word.

  • Ps 119:131
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    131I opened my mouth and panted, for I longed for Your commandments.

  • Ps 119:153
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    153RESH. Consider my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Your law.

  • Ps 119:86
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    86All 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
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    43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I have hoped in Your judgments.

  • Ps 119:127
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    127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, yes, than fine gold.

  • Ps 119:159
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    159Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness.

  • Ps 119:166-167
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    166LORD, I hope for Your salvation and do Your commandments.

    167My soul keeps Your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

  • Ps 31:7
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    7I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; 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
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    19I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.

    20My soul breaks with longing for Your judgments at all times.

  • Ps 119:110-111
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    74%

    110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.

    111Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

  • Ps 119:107
    74%

    107I am afflicted very much; revive me, O LORD, 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%

    24Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.

  • Ps 119:133-134
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    133Direct my steps by Your word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me.

    134Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.

  • Ps 119:53
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    53Horror has taken hold of me because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.

  • Ps 119:157
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    157Many are my persecutors and my enemies, yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.

  • Ps 119:129
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    129PE. Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.

  • Ps 119:94-95
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    94I am Yours, save me; for I have sought Your precepts.

    95The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies.

  • Ps 94:19
    73%

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

  • Ps 119:28
    73%

    28My soul melts from heaviness; strengthen me according to Your word.

  • Ps 119:97-98
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    73%

    97MEM. Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

    98You, through Your commandments, have made me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me.

  • Ps 119:161-162
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    73%

    161SCHIN. Princes persecute me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word.

    162I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure.

  • Ps 119:14
    73%

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

  • Ps 119:146
    73%

    146I cry out to You; save me, and I shall keep Your testimonies.