Division 7 (Zain)
Confidence in the Word of the Lord in the presence of the derision of the wicked.
(vv. 49-50) God has caused His servant to trust in His Word; therefore, with the utmost confidence, he can look to God to fulfill His Word. He knows that God must be true to His Word. This confidence in the stability of God’s Word had been his comfort in the midst of affliction. His confidence in the Word was the outcome of being quickened by it.
(vs. 51) Nevertheless, confidence in the Word of God made the servant of the Lord an object of derision to the proud men of the world―those who had thrown off allegiance to God and His Word. In spite of derision the soul was not moved from its confidence.
(vv. 52-53) In the face of derision the godly man was comforted and strengthened in steadfastness, by the remembrance of God’s judgments upon the wicked in the days of old. God’s past judgments lead the soul to shrink with horror from those who had forsaken God’s law.
(vv. 54-56) Nevertheless, while waiting for God to fulfill His word―while yet in the house of pilgrimage and surrounded by the darkness of night―the godly man found his joy in the Word and the Name of the Lord. This confidence was the outcome of obedience to the Word.