Psalm 119:55
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Verse 55. -- In the night. There is never a time in which it is not proper to turn to God and think on his name. In the darkness of midnight, in the darkness of mental depression, in the darkness of outward providence, God is still a fitting theme. --William S. Plumer.
Verse 55. -- The night.
Verse 55. -- And have kept thy law; though imperfectly, yet spiritually, sincerely, heartily, and from a principle of love and gratitude, and with a view to the glory of God, and without mercenary, sinister ends. --John Gill.
Verse 55. -- And have kept thy law. Hours of secret fellowship with God must issue in the desire of increased conformity to his holy will. It is the remembrance of God that leads to the keeping of his laws, as it is forgetfulness of God that fosters every species of transgression. --John Morison.
Verse 55. -- And have kept. The verb is in the future, and perhaps is better so rendered, thus making it the expression of a solemn, deliberate purpose to continue his obedience. - -William S. Plumer.
Verse 55-56. -- He that delights to keep God's law, God will give him more grace to keep it, according to that remarkable text, "I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law. This I had, because I kept thy precepts." What had David for keeping God's precepts? He had power to keep his law; that is, to grow and increase in keeping of it. As the prophet ( Hosea 6:8 ) speaks of the knowledge of God: "Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord"; that is, if we industriously labour to know God, we shall have this reward, to be made able to know him more. So may I say of the grace of God: he that delights to keep God's law shall have his reward, -- to be enabled to keep it more perfectly. A true delight in God's word is grace increasing. Grace is the mother of all true joy ( Isaiah 32:17 ), and joy is as the daughter, and the mother and daughter live and die together. --Edmund Calamy (1600-1666), in "The Godly Man's Ark."
HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS
Verse 55,49. -- "Remember." "I have remembered."
Verse 55. -- Night memories. Day duties. How they act and react upon each other.
Verse 55. -- Dark nights. Bright memories. Right results. --C.A.D.
Verse 55. --