Psalms 119:71
It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
In Context
70Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.
72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
Cross References
Psalms 94:12Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
Isaiah 27:9So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.
Hebrews 12:10For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:70-71
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. David here tells us how he was affected as to the proud and wicked people that were about him. 1. He did not fear their malice, nor was he by it deterred from his duty: They have forged a lie against me. Thus they aimed to take away his good name. Nay, all we have in the world, even life itself, may be brought into danger by those who make no conscience of… Read the whole commentary →