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Psalm 119:52

I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.

50This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
51The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
52I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.
53Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
54Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.
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Notice

God’s ordinances of old become a source of comfort here, even as the surrounding verses speak of affliction and the sting of mockery.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.Both passages turn toward what is old, with Deuteronomy naming fathers and elders as people who can help others remember.
Psalm 77:11–12I will remember the LORD’s deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old.Both writers choose to remember what belongs to the LORD from of old: his ordinances here, his deeds and wonders there.
Psalm 105:5Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,Both passages connect remembrance with God’s judgments, and Psalm 105 includes his marvelous works among the things to remember.
Psalm 103:18to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.Remembering God’s instruction appears in both passages, linked here with comfort and in Psalm 103 with obedience.
Psalm 119:30I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.God’s ordinances receive deliberate attention in both verses: the writer sets them before himself and remembers them for comfort.
2 Peter 2:4–9For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness to be reserved for judgment;God’s authority underlies both texts: the psalm remembers his ordinances, while Peter describes his judgment of angels who sinned.
Deuteronomy 4:3–4Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal Peor; for the LORD your God has destroyed all the men who followed Baal Peor from among you.Both look back toward God’s authority: the psalm recalls his ordinances, while Deuteronomy recalls judgment against those who followed Baal Peor.
Deuteronomy 1:35–36“Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I swore to give to your fathers,God’s authoritative word connects these passages, though Deuteronomy records a sentence of exclusion and the psalm speaks of comfort.
Numbers 16:3–35They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, …Both name the LORD; the connection is limited, since Numbers records a challenge to Moses and Aaron without mentioning remembrance or comfort.
Exodus 14:29–30But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.Both speak of the past, though Exodus recounts Israel walking through the sea without mentioning the ordinances or comfort named in the psalm.
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Encouragement

The surrounding mockery has not disappeared when the writer speaks of comfort. Remembering what God has said brings help within that trouble; his ordinances remain a source of comfort.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).