Psalm 119:143
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143 Trouble and anguish have come upon me,
but your commandments are my delight.(A)
Job 23:12
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12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured his words in my bosom.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 23.12 Gk: Heb words more than my daily bread
Psalm 119:107
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107 I am severely afflicted;
give me life, O Lord, according to your word.(A)
Mark 14:33-34
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33 He took with him Peter and James and John and began to be distressed and agitated. 34 And he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and keep awake.”(A)
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Psalm 130:1
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Psalm 130
Waiting for Divine Redemption
A Song of Ascents.
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.(A)
Psalm 119:77
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77 Let your mercy come to me, that I may live,
for your law is my delight.
Psalm 119:47
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47 I find my delight in your commandments
because I love them.
Psalm 119:16
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16 I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.(A)
Psalm 116:3
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3 The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.(A)
Psalm 88:3-18
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3 For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.(A)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
I am like those who have no help,(B)
5 like those forsaken among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.(C)
6 You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
in the regions dark and deep.(D)
7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah(E)
8 You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;(F)
9 my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call on you, O Lord;
I spread out my hands to you.(G)
10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do the shades rise up to praise you? Selah(H)
11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Are your wonders known in the darkness
or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?(I)
13 But I, O Lord, cry out to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.(J)
14 O Lord, why do you cast me off?
Why do you hide your face from me?(K)
15 Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.[a](L)
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your dread assaults destroy me.
17 They surround me like a flood all day long;
from all sides they close in on me.(M)
18 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
my companions are in darkness.(N)
Footnotes
- 88.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 18:4-5
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4 The cords of death encompassed me;
the torrents of perdition assailed me;(A)
5 the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.(B)
John 4:34
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34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.(A)
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