Reading the word “afflicted” several  times in Psalm 119 made me look up the word in the dictionary and this is what I find in the COLLINS ENGLISH DICTIONARY: It is a condition of great suffering. It says there also that there is physical suffering and that there is mental suffering.

Here are the verses from Psalm 119.

Psalm 119:67: “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.”

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Psalm 119:71: “It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.”

Psalm 119:75: “I know, O LORD, that your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.”

Psalm 119:92: “If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.”

I know for sure that I must read the verses again and again and meditate on them. Will you join me?