Homilist Psalm 119:92-93 Unless your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction.… I. A DELIGHT IN GOD'S WORD YIELDS SUPPORT IN AFFLICTIONS (ver. 92). It is impossible to delight in God's Word, containing as it does rich promises, and the revelation of a glorious future, without having resignation, fortitude, hope, etc. II. A QUICKENING BY GOD'S WORD YIELDS IMPERISHABLE MEMORIES. 1. God's Word effects a moral quickening. It is the sunbeam, the rain, the resurrection trumpet. 2. The greatest event in the history of souls is moral quickening. It is a birth, a resurrection, etc. 3. The greatest event is always the most memorable. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.WEB: Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. |
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