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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 125 A Song of degrees. Who was the penman of this psalm, and on what occasion written, is not certain. It describes the safety and security of the church and people of God; foretells the deliverance of them from the oppressions of their enemies; the blessings of goodness that should be bestowed upon them, and the vengeance...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They that trust in the Lord [shall be] as Mount Zion,.... Who trust not in themselves, and in their own hearts; nor in anything of theirs, their strength or wisdom, riches or righteousness; nor in any creature whatever, in the mightiest or best of men; but in the Lord; in God, as the God of nature and providence, for all temporal mercies; and in...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This short psalm may be summed up in those words of the prophet (Isa. iii. 10, 11), "Say you to the righteous, It shall be well with him. Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him." Thus are life and death, the blessing and the curse, set before us often in the psalms, as well as in the law and the prophets. I. It is certainly well with the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. Various conquerors have destroyed the buildings upon Mount Zion, but the mountain itself is still there. None have ever dug it up, and cast it into the Mediterranean Sea. It stands fast, and will stand there as long as the world endures; and “they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. I noticed, in one of the reports of the survey of Palestine, that it is said that, albeit every building upon Mount Zion has been demolished, and not one stone has been left upon another, yet the scarps of the hill are altogether immovable, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They that trust in the LORD shall be us mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. What comfort there is in this verse to all who trust in the Lord! We never expect to see anyone tear up mount Zion by the roots. The Romans have been there, and ploughed mount Zion as a field, but they could not remove it, it is there still, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. For the rod of the wicked shall not test upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. By “the...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion. The emphasis lies upon the object of their trust, namely, Jehovah the Lord. What a privilege to be allowed to repose in God] How condescending is Jehovah to become the confidence of his people! To trust elsewhere is vanity; and the more implicit such misplaced trust becomes the more...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem,.... There was Mount Zion on the side of the north, and the mount of Olives on the east, and other mountains on the other sides of it; so that it was encompassed with them, and was naturally as well as artificially fortified. Tacitus (k) describes Jerusalem as inaccessible, walls and mountains, rocks...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. This verse shows the believer’s safety, as the former one showed his stability. As the mountains stood to guard the sacred city, so does God stand round about his people as a wall of fire. Before any can hurt the believer, they must...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. Here is security as well as stability. The mountains stand like sentinels around the central hill of Zion, so the city is well guarded, and God protects his own people against adversaries of every kind, and he will continue to do so...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. At Jerusalem, there is first the deep valley round the hill, and then afterwards a range of encircling mountains, but the munitions of stupendous rock are nothing compared with those eternal ramparts which protect the people of God.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous,.... Which, according to Kimchi, is Jerusalem; but Aben Ezra interprets it of the Israelites that inherit the land. And, the people of God are no doubt designed; the Lord's justified and chosen ones, his portion, and the lot of his inheritance; and all that belong unto them,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. You will feel that rod, but it shall not rest upon you. The days of persecution shall be shortened for the elect’s sake; and though, perhaps, the devil may be more furious with you than ever, having great wrath because he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; — God does not completely screen his people from trial. They sometimes feel the rod of the wicked in the form of slander, oppression, opposition, and persecution, but they shall not always feel it: “The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous;”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands into iniquity. “The rod of the wicked” may fall upon the lot of the righteous, but it shall not “rest” there. The godly may be oppressed for a season, but that season shall not be too long for them to endure. God will not allow his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Do good, O Lord, unto [those that be] good,.... That are made so by the Spirit and grace of God; for none are naturally good, but evil; only such who are regenerated and made new creatures, who have a good work of grace begun in them; who have the good Spirit of God, and his good graces, and the good word of God in them, and are filled with all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. True believers are good; especially are they good at heart, for grace has made them so, and God therefore will do them good. He will bless them more and more; he will sanctify them, and prepare them for the ineffable goodness that is at his right hand for ever...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. God is always good to his own people. This prayer is also a prophecy that it shall be well with those that fear the Lord. “In time, and to eternal days ‘Tis with the righteous well.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. The psalmist prays to Jehovah to do good to those whom he has made good, for there are none who are naturally good; and there is a special goodness which he bestows upon those whom he has made good by the effectual working of his good Spirit. When they no...