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70 Their minds are clogged as with greasy fat,
    but I find joy in your instruction.[a]
71 It was for my good that I was humbled;[b]
    so that I would learn your statutes.
72 Instruction[c] that comes from you[d] is better for me
    than thousands of gold and silver coins.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:70 Or Law
  2. Psalm 119:71 So MT; LXX reads that you humbled me; DSS 11QPsa reads that you afflicted me
  3. Psalm 119:72 Or Law
  4. Psalm 119:72 Lit. from your mouth
  5. Psalm 119:72 Lit. pieces