 | Edward Bickersteth - Christian education - 1829 - 738 pages
...of life. Afflictions are by Him made eminently instructive ; His children can say to Him, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. But it is especially by His Divine Spirit that our Lord efficiently teaches. The light which His word,... | |
 | Ashbel Green - Catechisms - 1829 - 440 pages
...holy psalmist — " Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word — It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes" — and thus, extensively, the apostle to the Hebrews — "My son despise not tliini the chastening... | |
 | John Stanford - Older people - 1829 - 474 pages
...faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. Psalm xxxviii. 8 — -1O. It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. Psalm cxix. 71. Thy vows are upon me, O God : I will render praises unto thee. For thou hast delivered... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1850 - 332 pages
...our souls. He who could pray, " Remember David, and all his troubles," could also say, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes." Well, therefore, did the angel that spake to Daniel put these two together, telling him that those... | |
 | Michael D. Goulder - Religion - 1998 - 354 pages
...kings (v. 46). (a) Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word (v. 67); It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes (v. 71); in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me (v. 75). The suggestion is of an affliction (i"l]l?,... | |
 | Witness Lee - 1998 - 283 pages
...way that we may have understanding of His Word and learn His commandments. Verse 71 says, "It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes." This verse indicates that God raises up circumstances to discipline us so that we may learn the Word.... | |
 | Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1999 - 338 pages
...precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. Jod. 73 Thy hands have... | |
 | Randy Raynes - Suicide - 1999 - 164 pages
...needful. There are many verses in the Bible that teach this great truth. One is Psalm 119:71: "It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes." Some of life's most important lessons are learned by going through affliction. An example is what the... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - Religion - 2000 - 264 pages
...him in this Psalm: "Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now I have kept thy word." "It is good for me that I have been afflicted that I might learn thy statutes." And listen: "I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted... | |
 | James C. Wilson, Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson - Language and culture - 2001 - 292 pages
...8:2) or the "furnace of affliction" (Isaiah 48:10). Consider, for example, Psalms 119:71: "It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes." The disabled, then, not only deserve but need their afflictions so that they might purify themselves.17... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
