King James Version
psalm 119:143 in the King James Version says “Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. taken: Heb. found me” — study this verse from psalm chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. taken: Heb. found me”
psalm 119:143 · KJV
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. taken: Heb. found me
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
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