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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacle of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. He drops into triplets. This is no accident. We meet with these triplets often in the Old Testament. Why three? Why not four? Ah, you know, who...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The right hand of the Lord is exalted,.... Lifted up, very eminent and conspicuous, easily to be observed in the instances before given, and become great and glorious in power; see Exodus 15:6. The power of God is superior to all enemies; and is beyond conception and expression; and is able to do for his people above all they are able to ask or...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. Some have thought this psalm was composed by Hezekiah after his sickness, and after the destruction of Senacherib’s host. It may be so. It has been used by many besides Hezekiah, who have not forgotten...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I shall not die, but live,.... Not that he should never die, David knew he should; but that his present afflictions would not issue in death; or he should not die by the hands of his enemies, he sometimes feared he should; but now believed he should live, as he did, to a good old age: he knew he should live spiritually and eternally, and not die a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The LORD hath chastened me sore: You notice David’s rendering of the 13th verse. To the enemy he says, “ Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall.” When he thinks it over he says, “The chastening hand of God is in this, even in my enemy’s wicked and malicious attacks. And so he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The Lord hath chastened me sore,.... Or, "in chastening hath chastened me" (d). David was exercised with many afflictions; and though these were sore ones to the flesh, yet they were only the chastenings of a Father, and were all in love and for his good; as are all the afflictions of God's people; for whom he loves he chastens. Indeed the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he hath not given me over unto death. Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: this gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. Another grand verse. Answers to prayer are the notes of our music. If God has heard...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. Many of his best children can say this, for “whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.” “The Lord hath chastened me sore, but he hath not given me over unto death.” You that have recovered from sickness, here is a song for you. You who above all were not given over to your sins...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Open to me the gates of righteousness,.... The doors of the sanctuary or tabernacle, so called, because none but righteous persons might enter in at them, or who were clean in a ceremonial sense; and because sacrifices of righteousness were here offered. The words are addressed to the porters, or Levites, that kept the doors of the tabernacle, to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. I suppose he who uttered these words has passed through the beautiful gates of the temple.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. This seems to be spoken by some other person or persons, distinct from David and the Messiah, pointing at some particular and principal gate, upon hearing the above word: by which is meant, not the gate of the house of the sanctuary of the Lord, as the Targum; but the Messiah himself,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will praise thee, for thou hast heard me,.... Here the psalmist reassumes his part in this song, and determines to praise the Lord for hearing him when in distress, and when he was encompassed with his enemies, and for delivering him out of their hands; and art become my salvation; the author of it, and therefore deserving of praise; and who is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. Future, past, present — all full of blessing.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The stone [which] the builders refused,.... This is not Zerubabel, according to the sense of some Jews, as Theodoret suggests; nor the people of Israel, as Jarchi and Kimchi; nor David, as the Targum, which paraphrases the words, "the child the builders despised was among the sons of Jesse, and deserved to be appointed a king and a governor.'' He...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. The Jewish rulers would not have Christ. They cast him aside as a stone which would not fit their wall, especially because he was a corner stone. They wanted to stand as a lone solitary wall. They did not want to have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Though this is applicable to the Sabbath, yet it is also applicable to any day, and to every day which God especially makes glorious by...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
This is the Lord's doing,.... This stone is from the Lord, Genesis 49:24; it is of his choosing, appointing, and laying: the rejection of it by the builders is through his permission and will; they did no other things than what his hand and counsel determined should be done, Acts 2:23; and the exaltation of it, or the making it the head of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
This [is] the day [which] the Lord hath made,.... Famous and remarkable for the above events. Meaning either the day of Christ's entrance into Jerusalem, in order to be delivered up to the Jews, and suffer and die in the place of his people; to which the following words agree: or the day of his resurrection (g) from the dead; when God gave him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This is the day which the LORD hath made; This Sabbath day-this gospel day-“the day that Jehovah hath made.” Psa_118:24. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Now, heavy hearts, try and rise to that. This is not the day of doom: this is not the day of curses. It is the day of mercy and of love. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Hosanna. Let us cry...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord,.... Or, "we beseech thee"; for they are the words of the people, wishing all health and happiness to their king; and it is as if they had said, "vivat rex", that is, "let the king live", or, "God save the King": and no doubt these words were used by the people, when all the tribes united and made David king over...