Psalms 119:50

50 (118-50) This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.

Psalms 119:50 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:50

This [is] my comfort in my affliction
David had his afflictions, and so has every good man; none are without; it is the will and pleasure of God that so it should be; and many are their afflictions, inward and outward: the word of God is often their comfort under them, the written word, heard or read; and especially a word of promise, powerfully applied: this is putting underneath everlasting arms, and making their bed in sickness. This either respects what goes before, concerning the word of promise hoped in, or what follows: for thy word hath quickened me;
not only had been the means of quickening him when dead in am, as it often is the means of quickening dead sinners, being the savour of life unto life; but of reviving his drooping spirits, when in affliction and distress; and of quickening the graces of the Spirit of God in him, and him to the exercise of them, when they seemed ready to die; and to the fervent and diligent discharge of duty, when listless and backward to it.

Psalms 119:50 In-Context

48 (118-48) And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.

49 (118-49) Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.

50 (118-50) This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.

51 (118-51) The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.

52 (118-52) I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.