Psalm 119:67

Translations

Modern

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

Traditional

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Literal

Before I was afflicted, I was going astray; and now I have kept Your word.

Latin

Priusquam humiliarer ego deliqui: propterea eloquium tuum custodivi.

Original

Hebrew

English

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

Notes

Psalms 119:65–68

Good judgment and knowledge come from wisdom (Psalm 111:10).
The psalmist admits he used to wander like a lost sheep (Psalm 119:176).
now I keep your word: See Psalm 119:25–29.
You are good, and You do what is good: God's character is perfect (Psalm 97:2; James 1:17; 1 John 1:5).

Psalms 119:65–72

Teth (ט) is the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm.

The psalmist admits his sin and gratefully accepts the Lord's discipline.

Psalms 119:1–176

This psalm blends wisdom, lament, praise, thanksgiving, and confession. It often uses eight Hebrew words translated as:

“Instructions”
“law”
“words”
“commandments”
“statutes”
“judgments”
“promises”
“precepts“

These words encourage love for and obedience to God's instructions in the Scriptures (see 2 Timothy 3:14–17). A deep commitment to these instructions unifies the psalm.

Related verses

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.
Psalm 119:71
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
Hosea 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.”
Psalm 119:75
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Psalm 119:176
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
Hebrews 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.
Hosea 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.
Revelation 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.
Jeremiah 22:21
I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.
2 Chronicles 33:9–13
So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
2 Samuel 11:2–27
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Proverbs 1:32
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Glossary

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Topics

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Psalm 119:67

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