Psalms 119:71

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

טֽוֹב־לִ֥י כִֽי־עֻנֵּ֑יתִי לְ֝מַ֗עַן אֶלְמַ֥ד חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

Good ṭôḇ for me lî that kî I was afflicted ʿunnêtî; so that ləmaʿan I might learn ʾelmaḏ your statutes ḥuqqêḵā.

Grammar Details

*ṭôḇ*: adjective masculine singular - good
*lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me/for me
*kî*: conjunction - that/because
*ʿunnêtî*: pual perfect 1st person singular - I was afflicted/humbled
*ləmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that/so that
*ʾelmaḏ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I may learn
*ḥuqqêḵā*: masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes

Word Meanings

*ṭôḇ*: good/beneficial/advantageous
*ʿunnêtî*: I was afflicted/I was humbled/I was oppressed
*ləmaʿan*: so that/in order that/for the purpose of
*ʾelmaḏ*: I might learn/I might study/I might be taught
*ḥuqqêḵā*: your statutes/your decrees/your prescribed laws

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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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 {G1161} {G3303} 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, {G1223} [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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