Psalms 119:52

“I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord, etc.] Either the judgments of God executed on wicked men; as the bringing a flood on the world of the ungodly; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah; the destruction of Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea; the cutting off of the Canaanites, and dispossessing them of their land: or the providential dispensations of God towards his own people; who sometimes chastises and corrects them, and brings them very low, and then raises them up again, as in the case of Job. These things the psalmist called to remembrance, and revolved them in his mind, which gave him pleasure and comfort: and have comforted myself; with such thoughts as these, that that God, who…”

“I remembered - In my troubles. Thy judgments of old - The word “judgments” here seems to refer to the divine dealings, whether expressed in the law of God, or in the actual administration of his government over the world. The words “of old” do not seem here to refer to the “eternity past,” as the phrase sometimes does now, but to the constancy and uniformity of the principles of the divine administration. The psalmist remembered that the principles of that administration had been always the same; that the law of God was always the same; and that, therefore, he might confide in God. What God had done formerly he would do now; the favor which he had shown in times past he would continue to…”

“Judgments - Thy ancient dispensations to the children of men in punishing the ungodly. Psalms 119:53”

“119:52 The age-old regulations are the Torah (God’s “instructions” or “law”), a term that refers to the books of Genesis—Deuteronomy.”

“remembered: Psa 77:5, Psa 77:11, Psa 77:12, Psa 105:5, Psa 143:5; Exo 14:29, Exo 14:30; Num. 16:3-35; Deu 1:35, Deu 1:36; Deu 4:3, Deu 4:4; Pe2 2:4-9 Psalms 119:53”