Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 119:81
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Psalms119:81
I hope in thy word: ie. I hope beyond anything I understand, and beyond anything I can possibly do, and beyond anything I deserve, and beyond all carnal and spiritual consolations, for I desire and look for Thee only I seek Thee, not Thine: I long to hear "Thud word, "that I may obey it in patience and meekness. Le Blanc.
Ver. 81,83. It is good in all times of persecution or affliction to have an eve both on the promises and on the precepts; for the looking to the promise doth encourage to hope, and the eyeing of tim precepts doth prove the hope to be sound. The Psalmist hoped in the word (Psalms 119:81), and (Psalms 119:88), he forgot not the statutes. David Dickson.
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Outlines Upon Keywords of the Psalm, By Pastor C. A. Davis.
Ver. 81-88. Hope in depression. In the depression arising from mortal frailness (Psalms 119:81), and from unjust persecution (Psalms 119:85-87), the word of God is the source of joy and comfort.
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