Psalm 119:67
New International Version
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.

New Living Translation
I used to wander off until you disciplined me; but now I closely follow your word.

English Standard Version
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.

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

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

New King James Version
Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.

New American Standard Bible
Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.

NASB 1995
Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.

NASB 1977
Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Thy word.

Legacy Standard Bible
Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.

Amplified Bible
Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].

Christian Standard Bible
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word.

American Standard Version
Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Before I had been humbled, I believed, and I have kept your word.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.

Contemporary English Version
Once you corrected me for not obeying you, but now I do obey.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.

English Revised Version
Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I observe thy word.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Before you made me suffer, I used to wander off, but now I hold on to your word.

Good News Translation
Before you punished me, I used to go wrong, but now I obey your word.

International Standard Version
Before I was humbled, I wandered away, but now I observe your words.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Before I was afflicted, I did err; But now I observe Thy word.

Literal Standard Version
Before I am afflicted, I am erring, | And now I have kept Your saying.

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

New American Bible
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I hold to your promise.

NET Bible
Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

New Revised Standard Version
Before I was humbled I went astray, but now I keep your word.

New Heart English Bible
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

Webster's Bible Translation
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

World English Bible
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

Young's Literal Translation
Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments. 67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word. 68You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.…

Cross References
Hebrews 12:5
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.

Psalm 119:71
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

Psalm 119:75
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Jeremiah 31:18
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.

Jeremiah 31:19
After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'

Lamentations 3:33
For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.


Treasury of Scripture

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

before

Psalm 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Psalm 73:5
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

Deuteronomy 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.

but now

Psalm 119:71,75
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes…

Jeremiah 31:18,19
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 God…

Hosea 2:6,7
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths…

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Psalm 119
1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw














(67) That there is allusion here to the Babylonian exile, and its moral and religious effect on the nation, there can be little doubt.

Verse 67. - Before I was afflicted I went astray. "Sweet are the uses of adversity." The psalmist feels end confesses that the afflictions, which he has suffered (see comment on ver. 65), have been good for him. They have made him less apt to "go astray" than he was (comp. ver. 71). But now have I kept thy Word (comp. vers. 51, 56, 87, etc.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Before
טֶ֣רֶם (ṭe·rem)
Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

I was afflicted,
אֶ֭עֱנֶה (’e·‘ĕ·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted

I
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

went astray;
שֹׁגֵ֑ג (šō·ḡêḡ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7683: To go astray, commit sin or error

but now
וְ֝עַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

I keep
שָׁמָֽרְתִּי׃ (šā·mā·rə·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

Your word.
אִמְרָתְךָ֥ (’im·rā·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 565: Utterance, speech, word


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