This [is] my comfort in my affliction,.... David had his afflictions, and so has every good man; none are without; it is the will and pleasure of God that so it should be; and many are their afflictions, inward and outward: the word of God is often their comfort under them, the written word, heard or read; and especially a word of promise, powerfully applied: this is putting underneath everlasting arms, and making their bed in sickness.
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Psalms 119:50
Psalms 119:50
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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