Psalms 119:71

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 94:12-13 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest{H8762)}, O LORD, and teachest{H8762)} him out of thy law; 13 That thou mayest give him rest{H8687)} from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged{H8735)} for the wicked.
Ps 119:67 : 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Heb 12:10-11 : 10 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. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Isa 27:9 : 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.

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