Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 119:107

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 119:107 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 119:107. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, when I am feeling very sad or hurt, I ask God to help make me feel better, just like His promise says.

Psalms 119:107: I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

Contradiction with Proverbs 13:21

Proverbs 13:21 suggests that evil pursues sinners whereas Psalms 119:107 talks about suffering despite following God's laws, implying a righteous person can suffer too.

Proverbs 13:21: Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

Contradiction with Job 21:7-9

Job 21:7-9 describes how the wicked prosper and live long lives, which contradicts the implication in Psalms 119:107 that suffering is not necessarily the result of unrighteousness.

Job 21:7-9: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

Ecclesiastes 8:14 notes that the righteous sometimes get what the wicked deserve, contrasting with the suffering of a righteous individual as mentioned in Psalms 119:107.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with 2 Timothy 3:12

2 Timothy 3:12 states that all who desire to lead a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, supporting rather than contradicting the idea of suffering for the faithful as in Psalms 119:107.

2 Timothy 3:12: Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:25

Psalm 37:25 declares that the righteous are not forsaken and do not suffer greatly, seeming to conflict with the distress expressed in Psalms 119:107.

Psalm 37:25: I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
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