Psalms 119:67
65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole 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 bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
Read in contextPsalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Read in contextHosea 5:15–6:1
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Read in contextPsalms 119:75
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Read in contextPsalms 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Read in contextHebrews 12:5–11
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Read in contextRevelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Read in contextHosea 2:6–7
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
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