Psalms Chapter 119 verse 71 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
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BBE Psalms 119:71

It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.
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DARBY Psalms 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
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KJV Psalms 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
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WBT Psalms 119:71


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WEB Psalms 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statutes.
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YLT Psalms 119:71

Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 71. - It is good for me that I have been afflicted (see the comment on ver. 67). That I might learn thy statutes. The whole nation "learnt God's statutes" by the affliction of the Babylonish Captivity. Individuals "learnt" them equally by their special chastisements.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(71) It is good . . .--See Psalm 119:67. Probably the result of discipline on the nation is intended, though the "sweet uses of adversity" were long ago a truism of moralists. See 'sch., Agam., 172:"Who guideth mortals to wisdom, maketh them grasp loreFirmly through their pain."