Psalms 119:71

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right,.... His word, the doctrines and precepts of it, they are all consistent with the holiness and righteousness of God; and so are his judgments on wicked…

It is good for me that I have been afflicted - See the notes at Psa 119:67. Whatever may have been the form of the affliction, it was good for me. The design was benevolent; the result has been my own…

See here, 1. That it has been the lot of the best saints to be afflicted. The proud and the wicked lived in pomp and pleasure, while David, though he kept close to God and his duty, was still in…