1)

What are "Tzar" and "Matzok"?

1.

Malbim: "Tzar" is external affliction. "Matzok" is distress of the inner Nefesh.

2)

What is the connection of the two halves of the verse?

1.

Radak: [Even] when afflictions found me, Your Mitzvos are my delight. When I engage in them, they console me from the Tzaros.

2.

Malbim: "Your Mitzvos are my delight" corresponds to "Matzok" (distress of the inner Nefesh). My delight expels the inner distress.

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