Psalms 119:71
The suffering I went through was good for me, so I could think about what you have stipulated.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
In Context
70They are cold and unfeeling, but I love your law.
72What you tell me to do is worth more to me than much gold and silver.
Cross References
Psalms 94:12Those you discipline are happy, Lord; those you teach from your Law.
Isaiah 27:9Through this experience Jacob's guilt will be forgiven. The removal of their sins will come to fruition when they take all the pagan altar stones and crush them to pieces like chalk—no Asherah poles or altars of incense will be left standing.
Hebrews 12:10They disciplined us for a short while as they thought appropriate, but God does so for our benefit in order that we can share his holy character.
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 →