Psalms 119:71 · KJV
“{It is} good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.”
— Psalms 119:71
Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} I delight in thy law.
The law of thy mouth {is} better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Psalms 119 — Context
The proud have forged a lie against me: {but} I will keep thy precepts with {my} whole heart.
70Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} I delight in thy law.
71{It is} good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72The law of thy mouth {is} better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Cross References
Hebrews 12:10-11
For 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. {after...: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them}
Psalms 119:67
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Psalms 94:12-13
Blessed {is} the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Isaiah 27:9
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this {is} all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. {images: or, sun images}