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Psalm 119:68
You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
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.
68You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
69The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
70Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
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The request for teaching follows a claim about God's character and deeds, linking trust in his goodness with a desire to learn his commands.
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Psalm 119:12Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.Both verses address God in praise and make the same request: “Teach me your statutes.”
Psalm 100:5For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.Both affirm that God is good; Psalm 100 also names his enduring loving kindness and faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 107:1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.God's goodness grounds thanksgiving in Psalm 107 and accompanies the request for teaching in Psalm 119.
Psalm 106:1Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.Both name the LORD's goodness, with Psalm 106 urging praise and thanks and Psalm 119 asking him to teach.
Mark 10:18Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.The psalm addresses God as good, and Jesus identifies God as the one who is good.
Exodus 34:6–7The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The LORD! The LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,Both speak of God's character: the psalm names his goodness, while Exodus names his mercy, grace, and loving kindness.
Matthew 19:17He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”Both connect God's goodness with his commands: the psalm asks for teaching, and Jesus speaks of keeping the commandments.
Exodus 33:18–19Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”Both are requests addressed to God: Moses asks to see his glory, while the psalm asks to learn his statutes.
2 Chronicles 30:18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover other than the way …Both address God as good while asking for his help: teaching in the psalm and pardon in Hezekiah's prayer.
Isaiah 63:7I will tell of the loving kindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has given to us, and the great goodness toward the …Both describe God's goodness in action, with Isaiah naming what the LORD has given to the house of Israel.
Matthew 5:45that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.The psalm says God does good; Matthew describes his gifts of sun and rain reaching people who are good and evil.
Luke 18:19Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God.God's goodness is the shared claim: the psalm declares it in prayer, and Jesus names it in his response.
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Even amid affliction and lies in the surrounding verses, this prayer names God as good. Your need for teaching can be brought to the God who does good.
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