Psalm 119:67 “Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.”

Psalm 119:67

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.

Darby Translation

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy *word.

Young's Literal Translation

Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

Bible in Basic English

Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

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Cross references

“Before”

Psalm 119:176 Jeremiah 22:21 Deuteronomy 32:15 2 Samuel 11:2–27 2 Chronicles 33:9–13 Proverbs 1:32

Psalm 119:176 · BSB

I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

Jeremiah 22:21 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 32:15 · BSB

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

2 Samuel 11:2–27 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 33:9–13 · BSB

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.

Proverbs 1:32 · BSB

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

“but now”

Psalm 119:71 Psalm 119:75 Revelation 3:10 Jeremiah 31:18 Jeremiah 31:19 Hosea 2:6

Psalm 119:71 · BSB

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

Psalm 119:75 · BSB

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

Revelation 3:10 · BSB

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 31:18 · BSB

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 · BSB

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.’

Hosea 2:6 · BSB

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.

Also

Hebrews 12:5–11

Hebrews 12:5–11 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

68You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.

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