Psalm 119:143
Strong's Lexicon
Trouble
צַר־ (ṣar-)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6862: 1) narrow, tight 2) straits, distress 3) adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor 4) hard pebble, flint

and distress
וּמָצ֥וֹק (ū·mā·ṣō·wq)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4689: 1) straitness, straits, distress, stress, anguish

have found me,
מְצָא֑וּנִי (mə·ṣā·’ū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: 1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)

but Your commandments
מִ֝צְוֺתֶ֗יךָ (miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4687: 1) commandment 1a) commandment (of man) 1b) the commandment (of God) 1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)

are my delight.
שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃ (ša·‘ă·šu·‘āy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8191: 1) delight, enjoyment 1a) delight 1b) object of delight

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

Young's Literal Translation
Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Trouble and distress have overtaken me, but Your commands are my delight.

New American Standard Bible
Trouble and anguish have come upon me, [Yet] Your commandments are my delight.

King James Bible
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.

New Living Translation
As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands.

English Standard Version
Trouble and anguish have found me out, but your commandments are my delight.

New American Standard Bible
Trouble and anguish have come upon me, Yet Your commandments are my delight.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Trouble and distress have overtaken me, but Your commands are my delight.

International Standard Version
Though trouble and anguish overwhelm me, your commands remain my delight.

NET Bible
Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.

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

English Revised Version
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.
















Cross References
Psalm 119:24
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellers.

Psalm 119:144
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Psalm 119:141
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

Psalm 119:140
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

Psalm 119:145
KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

Psalm 119:146
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
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