KJV King James Version
[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
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Psalm 119:71
[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
WEB World English Bible
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
ASV American Standard Version
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
68 Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
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.
71 [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
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Hebrews 12:10-11For 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.Psalm 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.Psalm 94:12-13Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy 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 maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
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