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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted,.... The good and profit of which he had observed before; [See comments on Psalms 119:67]. The following end being also answered thereby, that I might learn thy statutes; to understand them, and to keep them. Afflictions are sometimes as a school to the people of God, in which they learn much both of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. The psalmist, was so impressed with the benefits which he had derived from his afflictions, that he returned to the subject: “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.” There is much teaching power about God’s rod. He always keeps...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. The word of God, the doctrines contained in it; which, coming out of the mouth of God, and spoken by him, carries in it weight and authority, commands reverence and respect; and ought to be considered as indeed the word of God and not of man; and so of more value than...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. David had a great deal of gold and silver, far more than any of us have; but yet he thought very little of it in comparison with God’s law. Many people despise gold and silver because they have not got any. The fox said the grapes were sour because they were beyond his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
y, JOD.--The Tenth Part. Ver. 73. JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me,.... Not the psalmist himself, nor his parents, but the Lord alone: for though parents are fathers of our flesh, they are but instruments in the hand of the Lord; though man is produced by natural generation, yet the formation and fashioning of men are as much owing to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. This is a very instructive prayer; the psalmist does as good as say, “Lord, thou hast made me once- make me over again. Thou hast made my body; mould my spirit, form my character, give me understanding.” If God should make us, and then leave us...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me,.... In outward prosperity, delivered from all troubles, set on the throne of Israel, and at rest from all enemies round about: and in spiritual prosperity, being illuminated by the Spirit of God, having a spiritual understanding of divine things, an obedience of faith to the commands of God, in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. A hopeful godly man is a continual source of joy to other people. When a man can inspire hope in his fellows, and he cannot do that unless he is full of hope himself, he lights a fire of comfort. Bring such a man into a storm, and he helps you to be brave. “They...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments [are] right,.... His word, the doctrines and precepts of it, they are all consistent with the holiness and righteousness of God; and so are his judgments on wicked men, they are righteous, just, and true: God is righteous in all his ways, there is no unrighteousness in any dispensation of his; and such are his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I knew, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. We are glad to listen to a man who can tell us that, an old man, a tried man, who can say that God has been faithful in afflicting him, a man who, after having borne the brunt of tribulation, can yet bless God for it. Such testimonies as these are full...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,.... Shown in the provision and promise of a Saviour; in the forgiveness of sins through him; a discovery and application of which yields comfort under afflictions; according to thy word unto servant; a word of promise, in which he had assured him of his love, grace, mercy, and kindness;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. “Lord,” he seems to say, “I have been a comfort to others; be thou a comfort to me. Thou hast made others glad to see me; make me glad with the recollection of all my experience of thy mercy: ‘Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let thy tender mercies come unto me,.... [See comments on Psalms 119:41]; that I may live; not merely corporeally; though corporeal life is a grant and favour, and the continuance of it; it is owing to the tender mercies of God that men are not consumed: but spiritually; the first principle of spiritual life is from the rich mercy and great love...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: “I am so broken down, my bones are so full of pain, that if thou dost handle me roughly, I shall die: ‘Let thy tender mercies come unto me.’ I am like a poor flower whose stalk is almost broken through, ready to droop and die; let thy tender mercies bind me up, that I may live.” Psa_119:77. For...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let the proud be ashamed,.... The same persons he before speaks of as accursed, who had him in derision, and forged a lie against him. Here he prays that they might be ashamed of their scoffs and jeers, of their lies and calumnies, the evils and injuries they had done him; that they might be brought to a sense of them, and repentance for them;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. That is a delightful turning of the subject: “They dealt perversely with me, without a cause;” but David does not say, “I will envy the proud,” or, “I will be spiteful to them,” “I will fret myself because of them.” No; he seems to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let those that fear thee turn unto me,.... Whose companion he was fond of being, Psalms 119:63; There were some good men, it seems, that turned from him, took the part of his enemies, and sided with them against him, which was matter of grief to him. Some think this refers to the affair of Bathsheba; when some that feared the Lord, that had been...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. “Lord, make me such a man that they who fear thee may seek my acquaintance. Of thy great mercy grant that, if any of them have turned away from me through hearing slanderous reports about me, they may be inclined now to come back to me, for I love them, and I would...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let my heart be found in thy statutes,.... Or "perfect", and sincere: he desires that he might have a sincere regard to the ways and worship, ordinances and commands, of God; that he might have a cordial affection for them, and observe them, not in show and appearance only, but heartily as to the Lord, and in reality and truth, like an Israelite...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. When the heart is right with God, there will be no need to be ashamed. Though you may make some mistakes and blunders, because you are human, yet, if you are sincere, shame shall not overtake you. What a blessing it is to have a sound heart! But when the heart is spiritually unsound,...