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

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צַר\־tzar-distress

Lemma: צַר (tsar) · Strong's: H6862B

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: distress

Used 31 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:30, Judges 11:7, 1 Samuel 13:6, 2 Samuel 22:7, 2 Samuel 24:14, 1 Chronicles 21:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6862B; TAHOT Psalms 119:143 word 1

וּמָצ֥וֹקu.ma.Tzokand anguish

Lemma: מָצוֹק (ma.tsoq) · Strong's: H4689

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: distress

Used 6 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:53, Deuteronomy 28:55, Deuteronomy 28:57, 1 Samuel 22:2, Jeremiah 19:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4689; TAHOT Psalms 119:143 word 2

מְצָא֑וּנִיme.tza.'U.nithey have found me

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Psalms 119:143 word 3

מִ֝צְוֹתֶ֗יךָmitz.vo.Tei.khacommandments your

Lemma: מִצְוָה (mits.vah) · Strong's: H4687

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: commandment

Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 15:26, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 20:6, Exodus 24:12, Leviticus 4:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4687; TAHOT Psalms 119:143 word 4

שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי\׃sha.'a.shu.'Ai[are] delight<s> my

Lemma: שַׁעֲשֻׁעִים (sha.shu.a) · Strong's: H8191

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: delight

Used 9 times. Also: Psalms 119:24, Psalms 119:77, Psalms 119:92, Psalms 119:174, Proverbs 8:30, Proverbs 8:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8191; TAHOT Psalms 119:143 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Trouble	→	צַר H6862B distress
and distress	→	מָצוֹק H4689 distress
have found me	→	מָצָא H4672 to find
but Your commandments	→	מִצְוָה H4687 commandment
are my delight	→	שַׁעֲשֻׁעִים H8191 delight

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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