Psalms 119:67 meaning and explanation

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

Psalms 119:67, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is an individual Israelite addressing God directly in the long acrostic poem of Psalm 119. The verse looks back on a before and after: a time of wandering before suffering came, and a time of obedience since.

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