Psalms 119:67
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
KJV
Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
ASV
טֶ֣רֶם אֶ֭עֱנֶה אֲנִ֣י שֹׁגֵ֑ג וְ֝/עַתָּ֗ה אִמְרָתְ/ךָ֥ שָׁמָֽרְתִּי
Hebrew
Before I am afflicted, I--I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
YLT
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
וֹ
v
verb · 83×
טֶ֣רֶם
trm
adverb · 56×
ךָ
k
noun · 37×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
שֹׁגֵ֥ג
shgg
verb · 4×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 33:9 — So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
- 2Chr 33:19 — His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold,
- 2Cor 4:17 — For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
- 2Sam 10:19 — And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any m
- 2Sam 11:2 — And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautif
- Deut 32:15 — But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Eccl 7:3 — Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
- Heb 12:5 — 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:
- Hos 2:6 — Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
- Hos 5:15 — 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.
- Jas 1:12 — Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
- Jas 4:9 — Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
- Jer 22:21 — I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
- Jer 31:18 — 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 Go
- Matt 20:34 — So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
- Prov 1:32 — For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- Ps 94:12 — Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
- Ps 119:71 — It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
- Ps 119:71 — It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
- Ps 119:75 — I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
- Ps 119:176 — I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
- Rev 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.