Psalms 119:71 (GNV)

Passage

It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:69 The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.

Psalms 119:70 Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.

Psalms 119:71 It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.

Psalms 119:72 The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.

Psalms 119:73 IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "good", "haue", "beene", "afflicted", "learne", and "statutes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "good" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 70's "Their heart is fatte as grease but..." into verse 72's "The Lawe of thy mouth is better...", so "good" and "haue" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "good" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.