King James Version
Psalms 119:71 in the King James Version says “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.”
Psalms 119:71 · KJV
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“It is good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for me that I have been afflicted”
H6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“that I might learn”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
“thy statutes”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
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