Homilist Psalm 119:52 I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. The Divine Word may be looked upon here — I. As a field for MEMORY. 1. A refreshing field. What flowers bloom, what fruit clusters, what salubrious air breathes here. 2. A large field. It goes back through eternity; it begins with the creation, it embraces the human race, it runs on through centuries into the interminable future. 3. An imperishable field. II. As a SOURCE OF COMFORT. 1. By the presentation of examples. Noah, Abraham, Moses, Job, Daniel, Paul, etc.; and more, — Christ, the model of all virtue, enduring affliction, overwhelming and undeserved. 2. By the revelation of principles. It teaches that the afflictions of good men are not penal but disciplinary, not sent in anger, but in fatherly love (2 Corinthians 4:17). (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.WEB: I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself. |
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