Psalms 119:71
What meaning of the psalms 119:71 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 119:71 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes."
What does Psalms 119:71 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes."
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...
Psalms 119 The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 section...
CXIX. PRAISE OF THE LAW. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. alph...
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...
PSALMS 119 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah's Will in Relation to Human Character and Conduct, celebrated in Twenty-two Alphabetical Stanzas, and by the aid of Eight Comprehensive Synonyms. ANALYSIS (The...
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. ; ). Thrice he blesses God for affliction as a great benefi...
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...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15). THE STORY OF PSALMS 119 Solomon was king of Israel nearly 1000 years Be...
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 חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃...
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...
[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....
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....
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 agains...
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 - Psalms 119:67, Psalms 94:12-13; Isaiah 27:9; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:10-11...
Psalms 119:71 Times of political decadence are times of spiritual growth. It is out of the inner experience of hidden lives, in ages when statesmen saw little hope, that such priceless contributions h...
Psalms 119:64. _The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have...
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...
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 psalms as 1 and 112. It is the longes...
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; Psalms 119:141; Psalms...
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 prope...
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; Psalms 119:67; Psalms 94:12; Psalms 94:13...