King James Version

Psalms 119:143

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

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צַרtsarnarrowצַרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “narrow”, the ordinary formH6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.וּמָצ֥וֹקumatsoqand anguishמָצוֹקconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and anguish”, the ordinary formH4689a narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disabilityanguish, distress, straitness.מְצָא֑וּנִיmetsaunicomeמָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “come”, a completed actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…מִ֝צְוֺתֶ֗יךָmitsoteykhalawמִצְוָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽיshaashuaydelightשַׁעְשֻׁעַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “delight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8191enjoymentdelight, pleasure.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Trouble and anguish have overtaken me; yet Thy commandments are my delight.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.

Young’s Literal Translation

Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.

World English Bible

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Trouble and anguish have overtaken me; yet Thy commandments are my delight.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Afflictions and distresses found me: but thy commandments were my meditation.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θλίψεις καὶ ἀνάγκαι εὕροσάν με, ἐντολαί σου μελέτη μου.