Motif
Affliction transformed into learning
affliction_transformed_into_learning
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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biblical
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The Bible, King James Version, Book 19: Psalms The Bible, King James Version, Book 19: Psalms / Book 19 Psalms; lines 6127-6301 confidence: high
The speaker asks for good judgment and knowledge, says affliction corrected his straying and taught statutes, contrasts the proud's lies and fat heart with his delight in law, and values the law above thousands of gold and silver.
The speaker says he went astray before affliction but afterward kept the word, and that affliction was good because it enabled learning statutes.
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