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Psalm 119:70–71

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70Those people have no feelings,

but I love your teachings.

71It was good for me to suffer

so I would learn your demands.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

their heart is unfeeling like fat,

but I delight in your law.

It is good for me that I was afflicted,

that I might learn your statutes.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Their hearts are callous and unfeeling,

but I delight in your law.

It was good for me to be afflicted

so that I might learn your decrees.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Their hearts are hard and insensitive,

but I delight in your instruction.

It was good for me to be afflicted

so that I could learn your statutes.

NLTNew Living Translation

Their hearts are dull and stupid,

but I delight in your instructions.

My suffering was good for me,

for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Their heart is insensitive like fat;

As for me, I take delight in your law.

It is good for me that I was afflicted,

so that I might learn your statutes.

KJV 1900King James Version

Their heart is as fat as grease;

But I delight in thy law.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted;

That I might learn thy statutes.