Message Notes

SSS 4 1 March 2026
Text: Psalm 119

ZAYIN

49 Remember the word to Your servant,
Upon which You have caused me to hope.

50 This is my comfort in my affliction,
For Your word has given me life.

51 The proud have me in great derision,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O Lord,
And have comforted myself.

53 Indignation has taken hold of me
Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.

54 Your statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.

55 I remember Your name in the night, O Lord,
And I keep Your law.

56 This has become mine,
Because I kept Your precepts.

Psalm 119:49-56

1. The word “remember”

a) A Prayer to God to “remember”

i) This does not mean that God forgets

ii) It is a prayer that God would act upon His promises

iii) This was a word that the thief on the cross uttered Luke 23:42

b) Remembering God’s judgments Ps 119:52

i) How God judged

ii) How God will judge

c) Remembering God’s name Ps 119:55

i) In times of difficulties (“night”)

ii) This helps immensely

2. The wicked described

a) The proud

i) They condemn

ii) They deride

b) The wicked

i) They forsake the law

ii) Their wickedness is seen in how they attack the righteous

3. Practical Steps of Response

a) The Word of God gives Hope Ps. 119:49

b) The Word brings comfort Ps 119:50, 52

c) The Word gives life Ps 119:50b

d) The Word is a song in life’s pilgrimage Ps 119:54

e) Keeping of God’s law diligently Ps 119:55

f) The Word is “mine” (personalised) Ps 119:56