King James Version
What Does Psalms 119:50 Mean?
“This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.”
Context
48
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49
ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
52
I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English ReadersZAIN.
(50) **Comfort.**—As in Job 6:10, where the same noun occurs, its only other use. We might render, “This is my comfort, that thy word quickeneth me.”
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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