Psalms 119:50 (LSB)

Passage

This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:48 And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments, Which I love; And I will muse on Your statutes.

Psalms 119:49 Remember the word to Your slave, In which You have made me wait.

Psalms 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me.

Psalms 119:51 The arrogant utterly scoff at me, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

Psalms 119:52 I have remembered Your judgments from of old, O Yahweh, And comfort myself.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "comfort", "affliction", "word", and "revived". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "comfort" and "affliction", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 49's "Remember the word to Your slave In..." into verse 51's "The arrogant utterly scoff at me Yet...", so "comfort" and "affliction" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "comfort" and "affliction" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.