Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:71
[It is] (d) good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
(d) He confesses that before he was chastened he was rebellious as man by nature is.
[It is] (d) good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
(d) He confesses that before he was chastened he was rebellious as man by nature is.
Verse Psalms 119:71. IT IS _GOOD FOR ME THAT I HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED_] See on Psalms 119:67....
IT IS GOOD FOR ME THAT I HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED - See the notes at Psalms 119:67. Whatever may have been the form of the affliction, it was good for me. The design was benevolent; the result has been my...
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IT IS. See note on Psalms 119:67. GOOD. right, or fitting....
DISCOURSE: 706 THE BENEFIT OF AFFLICTION Psalms 119:71. _It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes_. DAVID had “been afflicted from his youth up” — — — and we thin...
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. IT IS GOOD FOR ME THAT I HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED - (; ; : cf. ;...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the s...
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IT IS GOOD... — See Psalms 119:67. Probably the result of discipline on the nation is intended, though the “sweet uses of adversity” were long ago a truism of moralists. See Æsch., _Agam.,_ 172: “Who...
טֹֽוב ־לִ֥י כִֽי ־עֻנֵּ֑יתִי לְ֝מַ֗עַן אֶלְמַ֥ד...
Psalms 119:1 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie in the un...
PROFITING FROM AFFLICTION Psalms 119:65 _ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me_. Here is the far-off interest of...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest signi...
TETH. As the first verse of the foregoing portion proved that Jesus was the speaker; so the last verse of this portion as plainly points to the same. None but the ever-blessed Jesus had such testimony...
_THE DISCIPLINE OF PAIN_ ‘It is good for me that I have been in trouble: that I may learn Thy statutes.’ Psalms 119:71 (Prayer Book Version) It is scarcely surprising if the mystery of pain has bee...
71._It has been good for me that I was afflicted. _He here confirms the sentiment which we have previously considered — that it was profitable to him to be subdued by God’s chastisements, that he migh...
Psalms 119 is in general the law written in the heart. This gives it an important place in the series of psalms. It is found distinctly connected too with Israel's sorrows in the last days and their p...
[IT IS] GOOD FOR ME THAT I HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED,.... The good and profit of which he had observed before; Psalms 119:67. The following end being also answered thereby, THAT I MIGHT LEARN THY STATUTES;...
Psalms 119:71 [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Ver. 71. _It is good for me that I have been afflicted_] And thereby humbled; for else the fruit of affl...
_It is good for me_ Necessary and very beneficial; _that I have been afflicted_ He repeats what, in effect, he said before, (Psalms 119:67,) partly to intimate the certainty and importance of this tru...
_ Teth._ The Realization that God's Humiliation of Man is Salutary....
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, he now gratefully acknowledges the benefit which he has received from the afflictions laid upon him, THAT I MIGHT LEARN THY STATUTES, for he might never h...
65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified again...
GOOD; necessary, and greatly beneficial. He repeats what in effect he said before, PSALMS 119:67, partly to intimate the certainty and importance of this truth, and partly because it is a great parado...
Psalms 119:71 good H2896 afflicted H6031 (H8795) learn H3925 (H8799) statutes H2706 good -...
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CONTENTS: The excellency and usefulness of the divine revelation set forth and exhortation to all to make it their meditation and to be governed by it. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Great b...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are most...
_The proud have forged a lie against me._ THE SLANDERER, THE CORRUPT, THE PIOUS I. The tongue of the slanderer. Slander is-- 1. Malicious. Its inspiration is envy, jealousy, or revenge. 2. Mischie...
_It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn Thy statutes._ THE USES OF AFFLICTION I. Afflictions promote virtue, and goodness of heart, as they tend to compose our minds to a s...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:1. This psalm celebrates the gift of God’s law as the perfect guide for life. Its theme is echoed in Psalms 19:1 and in such wisdom psa
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril (Psalms 119:9; Psalms 119:23; Psalms 119:46;...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own proper...
Now as we get to Psalms 119:1-176, it is an extremely difficult psalm for exposition, because each section seems to be more or less independent of in itself, and each verse, many times, almost indepen...
1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:10; Hebrews 12:11; Isaiah 27:9;...