143 Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
Psalms 119:143
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Psalms 119:46–48
46 I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed. 47 I delight in Your commandments because I love them. 48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
Psalms 119:173–175
173 May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. 174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight. 175 Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
Psalms 119:91–93
91 Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You. 92 If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction. 93 I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
Psalms 119:23–25
23 Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes. 24 Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors. 25 My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
Psalms 119:34–36
34 Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart. 35 Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight. 36 Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
Psalms 119:76–78
76 May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant. 77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight. 78 May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
Psalms 119:85–87
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law. 86 All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me! 87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
Psalms 119:70–72
70 Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law. 71 It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. 72 The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
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