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Psalm 119:65

You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD.

63I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
64The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes. TETH
65You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD.
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
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Notice

“You have treated your servant well” is a grateful look back, with God's word as the measure of the goodness the servant has received.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 119:17Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.Both verses connect God's goodness to his servant with his word, one asking for good and the other acknowledging good received.
Psalm 30:11You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,Both speakers acknowledge God's good treatment, with Psalm 30 naming the change from mourning to dancing.
Psalm 13:6I will sing to the LORD, because he has been good to me.Both speakers look back on the LORD's goodness toward them, with Psalm 13 making that goodness a reason to sing.
Psalm 116:7Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.Both verses recognize the LORD's generous treatment, with Psalm 116 making that recognition a reason for the soul to rest.
1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own.Both passages acknowledge good received from God, while Chronicles stresses that even what people offer him first comes from him.
Genesis 42:17He put them all together into custody for three days.Both passages describe how someone is treated, though Genesis records confinement and says nothing here about God's goodness or word.
Micah 2:7Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the LORD’s Spirit angry? Are these his doings? Don’t my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?”Both passages link God's words with good, while Micah speaks of their good effect on the person who walks blamelessly.
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Thank God for one way he has treated you well

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Encouragement

The servant's thanks stands near a memory of affliction. You need not erase hardship to give thanks here: God's good treatment accords with his word.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).