Psalms 119:67
65 You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
68 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
- KJV
- Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
- WEB
- Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
- ASV
- Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
- DARBY
- Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.
- BLB
- Before I was afflicted, I was going astray; and now I have kept Your word.
- ÅB
- Før jeg ble ydmyket, fór jeg vill; men nå holder jeg ditt ord.
- OTB
- Før jeg ble plaget, gikk jeg vill,
Men nå holder jeg alltid ditt ord. - B1930
- Før jeg blev ydmyket, fór jeg vill; men nu holder jeg ditt ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 31:18–19
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
Read in contextPsalms 119:71
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
Read in contextHosea 5:15–6:1
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
Read in contextPsalms 119:75
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Read in contextPsalms 119:176
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
Read in contextHebrews 12:5–11
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
Read in contextRevelation 3:10
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
Read in contextHosea 2:6–7
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
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