Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
World English 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 as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Cross References
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
Isaiah 27:9Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherah poles and the incense altars shall rise no more.
Hebrews 12:10For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may 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 →