Psalm 119:143

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

I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.

The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.

The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:

{A Song of degrees.} Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah.

And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.

I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.

Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.