Psalms 119:49

Psalms 119:49 says, ZAIN. After the letter identifier, verse forty-nine says, Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.  David asked God to remember His word, or promise, to David which he had built his hope on.  We have God's word of salvation through Jesus Christ, and if we have built our hope on it, He will never forget us.  Verse fifty adds, This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.  God's promise of salvation should be our comfort in times of affliction, because through our salvation by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, we are quickened, or made alive spiritually forever.  Verse fifty-one states, The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.  David said that those who were full of self pride held him in derision, as many people do Christians today.  David also said even though this happened, he had not declined from God's law, and neither should we.  Verse fifty-two adds, I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.  David said he remembered God's judgments from old and that they comforted him.  God's judgment should not be something we fear but something that brings comfort to us if we have accepted redemption by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.  Verse fifty-three declares, Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.  David said he was horrified because the wicked had forsaken God's law.  Instead of being judgmental, we should be horrified by the fact that those who refuse to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord are forever doomed.  I believe this should inspire us to continue to witness in earnest to them.  Verse fifty-four adds, Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.  Like David, God's law should be our song as we travel through this life.  Verse fifty-five says, I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.  Just like David, we need to remember God's name day and night.  There shouldn't be a time as Christians that we forget Who God is and what His laws say.  There is no room for our opinion to determine what God's law says or which parts we will keep.  Verse fifty-six, This I had, because I kept thy precepts.  We have everlasting life because of our faith in Jesus Christ, and because of this we should always strive to keep God's precepts, or laws.