Psalms 119:143 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 119:143 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Trouble and anguish - The word rendered “trouble” means affliction of any kind; the word rendered “anguish” would probably express that which results from being pressed, compressed, straitened. I...
Psalms 119:143 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
Psalms 119:143 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

taken hold. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia . App-6.
Psalms 119:143 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. Trouble and anguish - I am exercised with various trials from men and devils. Have taken hold on me - But still I...
Psalms 119:143 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me - ( Psalms 116:3 - Hebrew, 'found me;' Exodus 18:8 .) Like dogs tr...
Psalms 119:143 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
Psalms 119:143 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
Psalms 119:143 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Why Love God's Word? Psalms 119:129-144 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the unknown and...
Psalms 119:143 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
Psalms 119:143 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

TZADDI. In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it directly to the person of Jesus. The passage is, My zeal...
Psalms 119:143 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me ,.... Or, "found me" a. Outward troubles and inward distress; troubles arising from his enemies, the men of the world, that hated and persecuted him; and fr...
Psalms 119:143 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights. Ver. 143. Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me ] Heb. have found me. Those (as we say of foul weather) com...
Psalms 119:143 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness Constant and unchangeable, the same in all ages and places, and to all persons; of eternal truth and justice never to be dispensed with, nor to be...
Psalms 119:143 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live....
Psalms 119:143 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Outward troubles and anguish of spirit, or great anguish or distress.
Psalms 119:143 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
Psalms 119:143 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View...
Psalms 119:143 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
Psalms 119:143 - The Biblical Illustrator

Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments. The testimony of a tried saint I. His testimony concerning God. 1. Concerning the Divine character (verses 137,142). (1) God’s r...
Psalms 119:143 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
Psalms 119:143 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Tzaddi. The Proper Appreciation of the Word of God.
Psalms 119:143 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 23:12 ; John 4:34 ; Mark 14:33 ; Mark 14:34 ; Psalms 116:3 ; Psalms 119:107 ; Psalms 119:16 ; Psalms 119:47 ; Psalms 119:77 ; Psalms 130:1 ; Psalms 18:4 ; Psalms 18:5 ; Psalms 88:3-1...
Psalms 119:143 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Trouble — Outward troubles and anguish of spirit.

Psalms 119:143 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:143 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:143 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 119:143 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:143 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:143 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:143 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:143 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 119:143 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:143 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 119:143 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 119:143 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 119:143 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:143 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:143 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:143 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 119:143 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:143 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:143 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 119:143 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 119:143 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 119:143 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:143 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes