Psalm 119 (55 of 190 notes)

49–56. These verses deal with the comfort of the Word. They begin by seeking the main consolation, namely the Lord’s fulfillment of his promise, and then show how the Word sustains us under affliction and makes us so impervious to ridicule that we are moved by the harsh conduct of the wicked rather to horror of their sin than to any submission to their temptations. We are then shown how the Scripture furnishes songs for pilgrims, and memories for nightwatchers; and the psalm concludes by the general statement that the whole of this happiness and comfort arises out of keeping the statutes of the Lord.