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69 The arrogant smear me with lies;[a]
I keep your precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is insensitive like fat;[b]
As for me, I take delight in your law.
71 It is good for me that I was afflicted,
so that I might learn your statutes.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:69 Hebrew “lie”
  2. Psalm 119:70 See Isa 6:10 for a similar idea, but a different word for “fat”

69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,(A)
    I keep your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their hearts are callous(B) and unfeeling,
    but I delight in your law.
71 It was good for me to be afflicted(C)
    so that I might learn your decrees.

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