Psalm 119:65-72

EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS

TETH.—In the original each stanza begins with 'T', and in our own version it is so in all but Psa 119:67, 70, which can easily be made to do so by reading, "Till I was afflicted," and "It is good for me that I have been afflicted."

—C. H. S.

Affliction is a central theme of Psalm 119:65–72. The psalmist's burden was to learn something from affliction, and for his readers to learn from affliction. Affliction is a reality for everyone, but we will only learn from affliction to the degree that we are looking to learn from it.