Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
Updated King James Version
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 fat as grease; but I delight in your law.
72The law of your mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Cross References
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
Isaiah 27:9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in two, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Hebrews 12:10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; 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 →