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Psalms 119:50

This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, in the middle of affliction, between a plea to remember the word (v. 49) and a report of derision from the arrogant (v. 51).

The words — נֶחָמָתִי (nechamati, "my comfort") names the thing, and חִיָּֽתְנִי (chiyyatni, "it has preserved alive me") names what the promise actually does — not merely soothes but sustains life.

The thread — The same logic runs through John 6:63, where Jesus identifies his own words as "spirit and life," and Psalms 94:19, where God's consolation is what delights the soul when anxiety overwhelms.

Why it lands — The verse locates comfort not in the absence of affliction but in the presence of a promise, which means the reader must ask whether their hope is anchored to a word or to circumstances.

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The Hebrew words

זֹ֣אתzotthisנֶחָמָתִ֣יne.cha.ma.T/i[is] comfort/ myבְעָנְיִ֑יve./'a.ne.Y/iin/ affliction/ myכִּ֖יkithatאִמְרָתְךָ֣'im.ra.te./Khaword/ yourחִיָּֽתְנִי׃chi.Ya.te./niit has preserved alive/ me

King James Version

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

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