“"Before I was humbled, I went wrong; wherefore I have kept Your word" [Psalm 119:67]; or, as some have it more closely, "Your utterance," that is, lest I should be humbled again. This is better referred to that humiliation which took place in Adam, in whom the whole human creature, as it were, being corrupted at the r…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 119
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67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
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65Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
— Psalms 119:67 —
68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.