Psalms 119:71

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 - (Hebrews 12:10; John 15:2; Job 5:6: cf. Psalms 119:67; Psalms 119:75). Thrice he blesses God for affliction as a great benefit.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 f...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 beginnin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

It is. See note on Psalms 119:67 . good . right, or fitting.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

71. It has been good for me that I was afflicted. He here confirms the sentiment which we have previously considered — that it was profitabl...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - See on Psalms 119:67...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 ag...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Profiting from Affliction Psalms 119:65-80 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have been afflicted; thou in faith...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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) I...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[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 a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 affli...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. See here, 1. That it has been the lot of the bes...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Good; necessary, and greatly beneficial. He repeats what in effect he said before, Psalms 119:67 , partly to intimate the certainty and importan...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 statesme...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:64-67 . The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 goodne...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Teth. The Realization that God's Humiliation of Man is Salutary.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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, t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:32 ; Hebrews 12:10 ; Hebrews 12:11 ; Isaiah 27:9 ; Psalms 119:67 ; Psalms 94:12 ; Psalms 94:13

⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:71

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:71