Psalm 119:49-50

“Remember Your word to Your servant, for You have given me hope.

My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.”

God’s Hope and God’s promises are precious gifts. He gives them freely, encouraging and inspiring us to live for Him. Hope and promises are all through the Bible. It’s a gift that can’t be lost.

“Biblical Hope is not mere wishful thinking. It is a confident expectation about the future based on the character of God and His promises.” Tony Evans

I love to read Psalm 119. It is full of practical information about the Word of God to help each believer. It touches every area of God’s Word: blessings, comfort, strength, commitment, instruction, hope, obedience, discipline, trust, faithfulness, security, preciousness, illumination, reverence, value, wonder, righteousness, truthfulness, deliverance, joy and praise.

That’s quite a rainbow of instruction in this psalm, the longest Psalm in the Bible. Although it is not hard to read, it does take time to sit down and enjoy what it says, and understand all God’s Word does for us. I find it delightful, inspiring and fulfilling.

Biblehub.com, Barnes’ Notes on the Bible: “All the hope which I have has been excited by Thy Word; Thy promises. I have no other source of hope; I cherish no other hope. I pray now, since that hope has been thus excited in me, that I may realize all I have been led to desire and to expect. The Word of God is the only foundation of hope for people; and when our hopes are fairly built on that, we have a right to appeal to God that He will make it good.”

Warren Weirsbe: “The emphasis in this, the longest psalm, is on the vital ministry of the Word of God in the inner spiritual life of God’s children.”

Biblehub.com, Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary: “Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by His Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The Word of God speaks comfort in affliction. If, through grace, it makes us holy, there is enough in it to make us easy, in all conditions.”

There are so many reasons to read the Psalm 119. Its beauty encapsulates the essence of finding solace in God’s promises.

The psalmist’s plea in verse 49, “Remember your word to your servant, in which you have given me hope,” encapsulates a deep desire for God to uphold His promises, which serve as a beacon of hope.

We have it all. God’s Hope. God’s promises. Let’s praise our loving and faithful God!

By His Grace . . .