Psalms 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted -See the notes atPsalms 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 benefit. This will be the experience sooner or later resulting from all the afflictions of the righteous. That I might learn thy statutes -That I might be brought more fully to understand what they require; and that I might be led to conform to them. It is implied here (a) that this is the tendency of affliction; and (b) that this is an advantage - a good. Anything that will lead a man to obey God is a blessing and a favor.