Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
In Context
70Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in thy law.
72The law of thy mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver.
Cross References
Psalms 94:12Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
Isaiah 27:9By this, therefore, is the iniquity of Jacob expiated, And this is wholly the fruit of the removal of his sin, That He has made the stones of the altar like limestones broken in pieces, And that the images of Astarte and the sun-pillars no more stand.
Hebrews 12:10For they indeed for a few days chastened us, according as it seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
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 →