Psalms 119:71
It is well for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn thy statutes.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
In Context
70Gross as fat is their heart; but I take truly delight in thy law.
72Better is unto me the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver.
Cross References
Psalms 94:12Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law:
Isaiah 27:9Therefore by this [only] shall the iniquity of Jacob be atoned; and this shall be all the fruit of the taking away of his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as limestones that are beaten in pieces, when there shall not arise again any groves and sun-images.
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 →