92 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
92 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
92 If your revelation hadn't delighted me so, I would have given up when the hard times came.
92 Unless Your law had been my delight, I would then have perished in my affliction.
92 If your instructions hadn't sustained me with joy, I would have died in my misery.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 119:92
Commentary on Psalm 119:89-96
(Read Psalm 119:89-96)
The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the creatures answer the ends of their creation: shall man, who alone is endued with reason, be the only unprofitable burden of the earth? We may make the Bible a pleasant companion at any time. But the word, without the grace of God, would not quicken us. See the best help for bad memories, namely, good affections; and though the exact words be lost, if the meaning remain, that is well. I am thine, not my own, not the world's; save me from sin, save me from ruin. The Lord will keep the man in peace, whose mind is stayed on him. It is poor perfection which one sees and end of. Such are all things in this world, which pass for perfections. The glory of man is but as the flower of the grass. The psalmist had seen the fulness of the word of God, and its sufficiency. The word of the Lord reaches to all cases, to all times. It will take us from all confidence in man, or in our own wisdom, strength, and righteousness. Thus shall we seek comfort and happiness from Christ alone.