Homilist Psalm 119:49 Remember the word to your servant, on which you have caused me to hope. Hope is an instinct of the soul. As an instinct it implies — 1. An instinctive faith in the existence of a future good; 2. An instinctive faith in the possibility of obtaining it. Hope is either the greatest blessing or curse to a man: a blessing when it is realized, curse when it is disappointed. Notice — I. The GROUND of a good hope. "The Word" — 1. Not human calculations; 2. Not personal merits; 3. "The Word ". firmer than the everlasting heavens. II. The AUTHOR of a good hope. "Thou hast caused." God — 1. Inspires it; 2. Directs it; 3. Settles it. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.WEB: Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope. |
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