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Psalms 119:143 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 119:143Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1435 words
HebrewMeaning
צַרṣar
distressadjH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
וּ/מָצ֥וֹקwmāṣwōq
and anguishconjH4689
distress · straitness
מְצָא֑וּ/נִיməṣāʾwniy
they have found meverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
מִ֝צְוֺתֶ֗י/ךָmiṣəwōteykā
commandments yournounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽ/יšaʿăšuʿāy
are delight mynounH8191
pleasure
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 119:143

1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 119 (Aleph)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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