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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 4 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, a Psalm of David. This psalm is inscribed "to the chief musician", or "conqueror" (c): who excelled others in the art of music, and carried the glory from them; who was very skilful, and instructed others in it, and was the master of the song, as Chenaniah, 1 Chronicles 15:22; who set the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness,.... Or, "my righteous God" (h), who is righteous in his nature, ways, and works, the just Judge of the whole earth, who will do right; or "the vindicator of my righteousness", as the Syriac version renders it; that is, of his innocence and uprightness, which the Lord knew and was a witness of: and...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
David was a preacher, a royal preacher, as well as Solomon; many of his psalms are doctrinal and practical as well as devotional; the greatest part of this psalm is so, in which Wisdom cries to men, to the sons of men (as Prov. viii. 4, 5), to receive instruction. The title does not tell us, as that of the former did, that it was penned on any...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear me, when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. Past experience is a sweet solace in the hour of trouble. “Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress.” Think of what God has been to you, you tried ones, for he will be the same still. And can he have taught you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. Good men want to be heard when they pray, they are not satisfied with merely praying, they must have God’s answers to their supplications. See how David pleads the past mercy received from God: “ Thou hast enlarged...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O ye sons of men,.... Meaning great men, the nobles of Israel; and so the Jewish interpreters (k) generally explain it; such as Ahithophel, and others, who were in the conspiracy with Absalom, 2 Samuel 15:12: and so they were the kings and princes of the earth, and the rulers of the Jewish sanhedrim, the chief priests and elders, who were the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O ye sons of men, how, long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. How long will ye take to lies? How long will you abuse a character which deserves not your censure? How long will you pour contempt upon God, whom you ought to serve? But know He talks to them as if they did not know, while...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? How long will you slander me, how long will you slander God, how long will you turn the gospel into ridicule, how long will you resist the Spirit of God? Psa_4:2. How long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? That is, after falsehood, after lying? Why do men seek after falsehood?...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But know,.... Take notice of it, consider it, be assured of the truth, of it; it may be depended upon as fact, that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: which may be understood of David himself, an holy good man; a man after God's own heart; whom the Lord chose, and in a marvellous manner separated from the rest of his brethren;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: He has marked him out to be his own peculiar treasure. “The Lord’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.” Now if God has marked out his people to be his own, he will defend them. He will guard them against every adversary. They shall not be destroyed. Psa_4:3. The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: You cannot hurt him, for God has hedged him about. You may say what you please against him, but God loves him, and will take care of him. Psa_4:3. The LORD will hear when I call unto him. What a sweet assurance! O brethren, the mercy-seat is always open to us! It will be a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Stand in awe, and sin not,.... That is, stand in awe of God, and his righteous, judgments; be afraid of him, and tremble before him; make him your fear and your dread, and go on no longer and proceed no further in sinning against him. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, render it, "be ye angry, and sin not": which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. Tremble and sin not. Unhappily, there are many that sin and tremble not. They reverse the text. A trembling saint is often all the more saint because he trembles. Tremble and sin not. If there is not a mixture of prayer with our hope and our confidence, it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Stand in awe, and sin not: This is good advice to ungodly men; let them feel aright the awe of God presence, and they must turn from sin. Holy reverence is a great preservative from sin. Psa_4:4. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Hold private communion with yourself, in a private place, at a private hour. “Be still.” We are...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,.... Offer for sacrifice things righteously gotten, for the Lord hates robbery for burnt offering, Isaiah 61:8. Some respect may be had to the unrighteous acquisitions of Absalom and his men, and who were now in possession of Jerusalem, and of the altars of the Lord, and were sacrificing on them; in which they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, Bring your prayers, your praises. Present to God your hearts, your love, your trust.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And put your trust in the LORD. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Gaping about for some good thing; thirsting — they know not what they are thirsting for. “Who will show us any good?” Come from the east, or the west, or the north, or the south; only bring us something that promises pleasure, and we are your men. There be many that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[There be] many that say, who will show us [any] good?.... These may be thought to be the men of the world; carnal worldly minded men, seeking after temporal good, and taking up their rest and contentment in it; to whom the psalmist opposes his wish and request, in the following words. Or these are the words of the men that were along with David,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Is not that what many of you are saying tonight? You know what you want. You know that there is nothing else that will satisfy you. “Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.” We are not well. Lord, we ask thee that it may be well between our souls and thee. This exposition...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. This is a capital rule for the whole of life. Serve God, and trust in him; do what is right, and rest in the God of right. Psa_4:6. There be many that say, who will shew us any good? We all want to see anything that is really good, we do not care who shows it to us, even if it...