Psalms 119:71 meaning and explanation
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
Psalms 119:71, Berean Standard Bible
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The psalmist speaks from experience of suffering, likely slander and hostility from the arrogant and from rulers, as the surrounding verses show. Looking back, he does not say the affliction was pleasant but that it proved good, because it drove him to learn God's statutes.
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