A Genuine Hope
Homilist
Psalm 119:49
Remember the word to your servant, on which you have caused me to hope.


Hope is an instinct of the soul. As an instinct it implies —

1. An instinctive faith in the existence of a future good;

2. An instinctive faith in the possibility of obtaining it. Hope is either the greatest blessing or curse to a man: a blessing when it is realized, curse when it is disappointed. Notice —

I. The GROUND of a good hope. "The Word" —

1. Not human calculations;

2. Not personal merits;

3. "The Word ". firmer than the everlasting heavens.

II. The AUTHOR of a good hope. "Thou hast caused." God —

1. Inspires it;

2. Directs it;

3. Settles it.

(Homilist.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

WEB: Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.




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