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It is goodטוֹבfor meלִיthatכִיI was afflicted,עֻנֵּיתִיso thatלְמַעַןI might learnאֶלְמַדyour statutes.חֻקֶּיךָ
Psalms 119:71
Study it in the app“It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes.”
The psalmist says his affliction helped him learn God’s statutesSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:71, word by word
- It is goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- I was afflictedעֻנֵּיתִיuneti
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “uneti” appears- I might learnאֶלְמַדelmad
learn
To receive teaching until one knows or masters it.
Where else “elmad” appears- your statutesחֻקֶּיchuke
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chuke” appears
The context
70Their heart is gross like fat; I delight in your instruction.
71 · This verse (above)
72Better to me is the instruction of your mouth than thousands of gold and silver.