Psalms 119:71

American Standard Version (1901)

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:12-13 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law; 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
  • Ps 119:67 : 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness. 11 All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, [even the fruit] of righteousness.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.

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    65TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

    66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.

    67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.

    68Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.

    69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

    70Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.

  • Ps 119:72-78
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    72The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.

    73YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

    74They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.

    75I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

    76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.

    77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.

    78Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.

  • Ps 119:92
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    92Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

  • Ps 119:50-52
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    50This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.

    51The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.

    52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.

  • Ps 119:11-12
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    11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

    12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.

  • Ps 119:143
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    143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.

  • Ps 31:7
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    7I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  • Ps 119:107
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    107I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

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    1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

  • Ps 94:12
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    12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;

  • Ps 118:18
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    18Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.

  • Ps 119:56
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    56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.

  • Ps 73:14
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    14For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.

  • Ps 119:153
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    153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.

  • Ps 119:5
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    5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

  • Ps 119:14
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    14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.

  • Ps 119:174
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    174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:101-102
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    101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.

    102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.

  • Ps 119:124-125
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    124Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.

    125I am thy servant; Give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

  • Ps 119:54
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    54Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.

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    171Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.

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    141I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.

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    26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.

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    1[A Song of Ascents]. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

    2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

  • Ps 119:39-40
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    39Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.

    40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.

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    28But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.

  • Ps 119:33
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    33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.

  • Ps 119:7
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    7I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.

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    22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.

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    17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

  • Ps 119:80
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    80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.

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    61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.