Psalm 119:52 | “When I think of your rules from of old, I take comfort, O LORD.”

The psalmist reflects on God’s word. He reads it, meditates on it, and seeks to live it out. The “rules from of old” refer to God’s ancient judgments, his righteous decrees and decisions throughout history. Spurgeon writes, “The argument is good and solid: he who has shown himself strong on behalf of his believing people is the immutable God, and therefore we may expect deliverance at his hands. The grinning of the proud will not trouble us when we remember how the Lord dealt with their predecessors in bygone periods; he destroyed them at the deluge, he confounded them at Babel, he drowned them at the Red Sea, he drove them out of Canaan: he has in all ages bared his arm against the haughty, and broken them as potters’ vessels.” What God has revealed does not change. His righteous judgments stand firm through every generation, giving peace and stability to those who trust in him. May we find comfort today in the unchanging character of God and the enduring truth of his word.