Psalms 119:71 - Compare All Versions
Psalms 119:65-72 MSG (The Message)
Be good to your servant, GOD; be as good as your Word. Train me in good common sense; I’m thoroughly committed to living your way. Before I learned to answer you, I wandered all over the place, but now I’m in step with your Word. You are good, and the source of good; train me in your goodness. The godless spread lies about me, but I focus my attention on what you are saying; They’re bland as a bucket of lard, while I dance to the tune of your revelation. My troubles turned out all for the best— they forced me to learn from your textbook. Truth from your mouth means more to me than striking it rich in a gold mine. * * *
Psalms 119:71 KJV (King James Version)
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I might learn thy statutes.
Psalms 119:71 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.
Psalms 119:71 NCV (New Century Version)
It was good for me to suffer so I would learn your demands.
Psalms 119:71 ASV (American Standard Version)
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
Psalms 119:71 NIV (New International Version)
It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
Psalms 119:71 NKJV (New King James Version)
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.
Psalms 119:71 AMP (Amplified Bible)
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.
Psalms 119:71 NLT (New Living Translation)
My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.
Psalms 119:71 TPT (The Passion Translation)
The punishment you brought me through was the best thing that could have happened to me, for it taught me your ways.
Psalms 119:71 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.