Palsm 119 Pt 7
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49 Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.
51 The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O Lord, And have comforted myself.
53 Indignation has taken hold of me Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I remember Your name in the night, O Lord, And I keep Your law.
56 This has become mine, Because I kept Your precepts.
VS 49
49 Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope.
Hope: Wait, patient.
Hope here has to do with the future it’s looking forward to something.
Hope allies itself with our emotions. But hope is only as good as the promise to which it is related.
If you ask someone of they are saves and they say “I hope so” to us that is an unsatisfactory answer.
Hope does have a stronger side. When we hope in the word of God, we can be sure that our hope is well placed. The future is bright.
The writer has hope in God’s word. The promises, principles, and the precepts in God’s word meet the needs in life.
They are promises to not to certain individuals under certain circumstances. They are promrises made to all that believe in God’s word.
Hope, like light shines brightest in the darkness. The object of our hope is bases on the God’s word.
4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
VS 50
Psalm 119:50 (NKJV)
50 This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.
Comfort: Comfort gives us some ease in times of trouble.
Affliction: Misery. Here the writer turns to Gods word.
“For Your word has given me life”
We don’t know what kind of affliction he had. Elab
Facing affliction he turned to scriptures. Affliction should drive us to our bibles. The sad truth is it drives some people away from the bible to others things.
God’s word comforts us; it keeps us going on when times are hard.
The Word of God brings life when we are injured.
VS 51
Psalm 119:51 (NKJV)
51 The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
Proud: Arrogant.
Derision: Object of ridicule/mockery.
1. Tell story of Moses in Pharaoh’s court.
2. Tell Story of young David on the battle field.
3. Tell story of Jesus at Jairus house.
VS 52
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O Lord, And have comforted myself.
1. This verse is speaking of God’s law.
a. Laws today are often made under pressure. They often reflect compromise, social or economic, or political bias.
b. Lobbyist and interest groups have great in influence in legislation. We have 1000’s of laws seeking to accomplish what God effected in 10 commandments.
c. The writer here was not brought up in a land where legislation was at the mercy of some lobbyist. He was brought up in a land where the law was mandated from heaven-handed down by God on two tablets of stone, fixed and firm.
d. God’s law is not manmade it’s not for any special group or personal interest. It from the wisdom of God and reflects God’s nature, and His character.
e. It reflects His compassion and love.
VS 53
53 Indignation has taken hold of me Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.
Burning indignation.
1. He has this ‘burning indignation” horror thinking about the wicked that forsake God’s law.
a. If we really think about what will happen to the people that forsake God’s Word. Elab
b. The writer was horrified at such people, and we should be too.
2. General William Booth of the Salvation Army said he wish that he could hold his soldiers in the Salvation Army over hell for ½ hour. Elab
VS 54
54 Your statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
Pilgrimage: Sojourning. Our life is a journey in this world. Elab
a. Statutes: Something prescribed. Elab
b. Read Verse and Elab on songs
VS 55
55 I remember Your name in the night, O Lord, And I keep Your law.
1. Night, Ps 91:1
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
a. Elab on the terror of night.
b. Night can be a time of trouble.
VS 56
56 This has become mine, Because I kept Your precepts.
Precepts: Mandate. (Law)
Today we are called Christians because we take on the name of Christ. What we do and what we say reflect His name.
That should make a difference in the way that we live.
