Psalm 119:89-96 For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.… I. Here we have strong consolation IN CERTAIN FACTS WHICH HE REMEMBERED. Fly ye to the mountains when the enemy invades the land. Hide in the strongholds of your God. 1. The eternal existence of God, which is implied in the continuance of His faithfulness and power. "The Lord liveth" is the plea of souls harassed and haunted by foes without and fears within. Nothing happens to the Lord at haphazard. What can threaten His existence, thwart His purpose, weaken His power, diminish the tenderness of His heart, or distract the wisdom of His judgment? 2. The immutability of His Word. "Thy Word is settled in heaven." "Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is My throne," etc. His Word is settled in heaven and issued from heaven, the seat of His government, and it cannot be altered on earth, this distant colony of His empire. We refer to God's Word, therefore, in grievous difficulties with great confidence, because we know that every statement it contains is reliable. 3. The faithfulness of the fulfilment of that Word. "Thy faithfulness is unto all generations." Those men who have trusted God's Word in any generation have always found it true. 4. The perpetuity of the Word in nature. "Thou hast established the earth," etc. 5. The perpetuity of the Word in experience (ver. 92). II. THE DELIGHTS WHICH HE EXPERIENCED IN THE TIME OF HIS TROUBLE. It is in such seasons of acute distress, when this world has no palliative to offer, that God's Word can minister infinite delights to soothe the distractions and heal the sorrows of the heart. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. |
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