Psalms 119:71
טֽוֹב ־ לִי כִֽי ־ עֻנֵּיתִי לְמַעַן אֶלְמַד חֻקֶּֽיךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
In Context
70טָפַשׁ כַּחֵלֶב לִבָּם אֲנִי תּוֹרָתְךָ שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי ׃
72טֽוֹב ־ לִי תֽוֹרַת ־ פִּיךָ מֵאַלְפֵי זָהָב וָכָֽסֶף ׃
Cross References
Psalms 94:12אַשְׁרֵי ׀ הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר ־ תְּיַסְּרֶנּוּ יָּהּ וּֽמִתּוֹרָתְךָ תְלַמְּדֶֽנּוּ ׃
Isaiah 27:9לָכֵן בְּזֹאת יְכֻפַּר עֲוֺֽן ־ יַעֲקֹב וְזֶה כָּל ־ פְּרִי הָסִר חַטָּאתוֹ בְּשׂוּמוֹ ׀ כָּל ־ אַבְנֵי מִזְבֵּחַ כְּאַבְנֵי ־ גִר מְנֻפָּצוֹת לֹֽא ־ יָקֻמוּ אֲשֵׁרִים וְחַמָּנִֽים ׃
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 →