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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary,.... From heaven, as it is explained in the next clause, which is the Lord's sanctuary, or holy place, where he dwells, even in the height of it; it is both high and holy, as he himself is; yet he condescends to look down from thence on sinful mortals: from heaven did the Lord behold the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; As if God was looking down from the battlements of heaven, observing, watching for something; and what is it that God is looking for?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; to declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. He weakened my...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To hear the groanings of the prisoner,.... Not of a single person only, but of many, who lie in prisons in Popish countries, especially in the Inquisition; where they lie and groan, in darkness and misery, under dreadful tortures; their cries and groans the Lord hears; his heart yearns towards them; he looks with pity on them; and, because of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; Is not that a delightful view of God? Watching, not for the music of sweet singers, nor for the noise of victorious warriors, but for “the groaning of the prisoner”, the sight of those shut up in the condemned cell, “appointed to death.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To declare the name of the Lord in Zion,.... That is, that the prisoners and persons appointed to death, being loosed, might declare, in the church, what great things the Lord has done for them; and so speak well of his wisdom, power, grace, and goodness, in their deliverance; profess his name, and confess him before men, and express a value for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. It is most instructive to notice how the psalmist ascribes all to God, not only his strength, but his weakness; not merely his extended life, but...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When the people are gathered together,.... When the people of the Jews shall be gathered together, and seek the Lord their God, and David their King, the Messiah, and appoint them one head, even Christ; and when the Gentiles shall gather together, in great numbers, to the church of God, Hosea 1:11, and the kingdoms to serve the Lord; even the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He weakened my strength in the way,.... The psalmist here returns to his complaint of his afflictions, weakness, and frailty, which ended Psalms 102:11, after which some hints are given of the latter day glory, which though he despaired of seeing, by reason of his frailty and mortality, yet comforts himself with the eternity and immutability of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days;.... Which was always reckoned as a judgment, as a token of God's sore displeasure, and as what only befell wicked men, Psalms 55:23, in the Hebrew it is, "cause me not to ascend" (f); either as smoke, which ascends, and vanishes away; or rather it designs the separation of the soul from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment, as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. Of old hast thou laid the foundations of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth,.... The lower part of the creation, the Lord's footstool, called the earth beneath: this has its foundation; though what it is cannot be well said, it cannot be searched out; it is sometimes said to be founded upon the waters, and yet so as not to be removed for ever, Jeremiah 31:37, this shows...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They shall perish,.... Both the heavens and the earth, though so well founded, and so firmly made; they shall be dissolved, melt, and pass away; not as to the substance, but as to the quality of them: or, as R. Judah Ben David says, whom Aben Ezra on the place cites, and calls the first grammarian in the west, not as to generals, but as to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But thou art the same,.... That hast created them, as the Targum adds; or "thou art he" (h), the everlasting I AM, the unchangeable Jehovah; immutable in his nature and perfections; in his love and affections to his people; in his power to protect and keep them; in his wisdom to guide and direct them; in his righteousness to clothe them, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The children of thy servants shall continue,.... The "servants" of the Lord are the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the word, in all successive generations, with whom Christ will be to the end of the world: their "children" are such whom they have begotten again, through the Gospel, to whom they are spiritual fathers; regenerated souls are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The children of thy servants, shall continue, We pass away, but our children take our place. As Wesley said, “God buries his workmen, but his work goes on.” One generation passes away, but another comes in its stead. Psa_102:28. And their seed shall be established before thee. Blessed be the name of the ever-living God!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.