Psalms 119:71

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:12-13 : 12 O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him, 13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.
  • Ps 119:67 : 67 Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation; 11 and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it -- it doth yield.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this `is' all the fruit -- To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not -- shrines and images.

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  • Ps 119:65-70
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    65`Teth.' Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.

    66The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.

    67Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

    68Good Thou `art', and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.

    69Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

    70Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.

  • Ps 119:72-78
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    72Better to me `is' the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!

    73`Yod.' Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.

    74Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.

    75I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous `are' Thy judgments, And `in' faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

    76Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.

    77Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law `is' my delight.

    78Ashamed are the proud, For `with' falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.

  • Ps 119:92
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    92Unless Thy law `were' my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.

  • Ps 119:50-52
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    50This `is' my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

    51The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.

    52I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.

  • Ps 119:11-12
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    11In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

    12Blessed `art' Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.

  • Ps 119:143
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    143Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands `are' my delights.

  • Ps 31:7
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    7I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.

  • Ps 119:107
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    107I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.

  • Lam 3:1
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    1I `am' the man `who' hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.

  • Ps 94:12
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    12O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

  • Ps 118:18
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    18Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up.

  • Ps 119:56
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    56This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!

  • Ps 73:14
    71%

    14And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof `is' every morning.

  • Ps 119:153
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    153`Resh.' See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.

  • Ps 119:5
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    5O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,

  • Ps 119:14
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    14In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.

  • 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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    101From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.

    102From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me.

  • Ps 119:124-125
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    124Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.

    125Thy servant `am' I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.

  • Ps 119:54
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    54Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.

  • Ps 119:171
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    171My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.

  • Ps 119:141
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    141Small I `am', and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.

  • Ps 119:26
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    26My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,

  • Ps 129:1-2
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    1A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

    2Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

  • Ps 119:39-40
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    39Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments `are' good.

    40Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,

  • Ps 73:28
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    28And I -- nearness of God to me `is' good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

  • Ps 119:33
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    33`He.' Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- `to' the end.

  • Ps 119:7
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    7I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.

  • Ps 119:22
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    22Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.

  • Ps 71:17
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    17God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.

  • Ps 119:80
    69%

    80My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

  • Ps 119:61
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    61Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.