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Psalm 119:75

LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

73Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
75LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
77Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
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“In faithfulness you have afflicted me” is a hard confession: the speaker names God as the source of affliction while trusting that his judgments are righteous.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Hebrews 12:6for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”Both attribute painful treatment to the Lord while affirming his care: faithfulness in the psalm, love in Hebrews.
Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love …Both affirm that the LORD is faithful; Deuteronomy speaks of covenant keeping, while the psalm speaks from affliction.
James 1:12Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.Both speak of hardship in relation to the Lord, though James names temptation and Psalm 119 names affliction.
Psalm 119:67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.Both name affliction; verse 67 describes a return to obedience, while verse 75 confesses God’s faithfulness in afflicting.
Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.Both connect painful correction with divine care, expressed as faithfulness in the psalm and love in Revelation.
Psalm 33:4For the LORD’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.Both affirm God’s rightness and faithfulness; Psalm 119 applies that confession to the speaker’s own affliction.
Hebrews 12:5You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are …Both speak of suffering under God’s hand; Hebrews warns against dismissing his chastening or losing heart under it.
1 Peter 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,Both acknowledge suffering within faith: the psalm names affliction, and Peter names grief in various trials.
Hebrews 12:10–11For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.Both describe painful treatment from God in positive terms: the psalm names his faithfulness, and Hebrews names his purpose of holiness.
Psalm 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.Both declare God’s judgments righteous; verse 62 responds with midnight thanks, while verse 75 speaks amid affliction.
Psalm 119:160All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHINBoth affirm the righteousness of God’s ordinances; verse 160 adds that every one endures forever.
Lamentations 1:18“The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment. Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow. My virgins and my young men have gone into …Both declare the LORD righteous amid suffering; Lamentations names rebellion and captivity, while the psalm names affliction and faithfulness.
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Encouragement

You need not pretend affliction feels kind to take this confession seriously. The speaker trusts God’s faithfulness and still asks for comfort in the next breath.

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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).