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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever,.... The Scriptures, which testify of Christ and of his grace, and of the mind and will of God, are a portion of themselves; and a goodly heritage they are, better than thousands of gold and silver, preferable to all worldly inheritances; as they have been to many, who have forsaken all for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. He chose them so his lot, his portion, his estate; and what is more, he laid hold upon them and made them so, — taking them into possession and enjoyment. David’s choice is our choice. If we might have our desire, we would desire to keep the commands of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever:- Some take their own thoughts for their heritage, but it is a poor portion for anyone to have. Some take other men’s philosophies for their heritage, but such a heritage as that is soon gone. But some of us can say, with regard to the eternal and immutable truth of God, that we have got such a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway,.... He had prayed to God to incline his heart to them, Psalms 119:36; and by the grace of God his heart was inclined to obedience to them; and nothing but that can incline the heart, which is naturally averse unto them: the carnal mind is not subject to the law of God, nor can it be, until...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end. He was not half inclined to virtue, but heartily inclined to it. His whole heart was bent on practical, persevering godliness. He was resolved to keep the statutes of the Lord with all his heart, throughout all his time, without erring or ending. He made it his end to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statues always, even unto the end. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. Notice that the word “vain” is not in the original, the psalmist wrote, “I hate thoughts,” yet the word for thoughts includes the idea of mere thoughts. So, if any teaching in the world is the result of human thought alone, you...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
o, SAMECH.--The Fifteenth Part. Ver. 113. SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts,.... Or thoughts: evil thoughts are undoubtedly meant, no other can be the object of hatred to a good man; they are such as are contrary to the law of God, and forbidden by it, mentioned in the next clause as the object of love, in opposition to these; and which are abominable...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. The opposite of the fixed and infallible law of God is the wavering, changing opinion of men. David had an utter contempt and abhorrence for this, all his reverence and regard went to the sure word of testimony. In proportion to his love to the law was his hate of man’s inventions. The thoughts of men...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. The moralist is quite content to look after his actions, but the Christian is never happy until his thoughts are sanctified. The true believer hates vain thoughts, because they lead to vain words and to vain actions; because vain thoughts nailed his Saviour to the tree; because vain thoughts spoil his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou [art] my hiding place,.... From temporal calamities. The perfections of God are chambers of retreat and safety to his people, where they may hide themselves and be safe, till such calamities are over, Isaiah 26:20. And from spiritual evils; from avenging justice, from divine wrath, from the rage of Satan, and the fury of men, Isaiah 32:2; and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. To his God he ran for shelter from vain thoughts, there he hid himself away from their tormenting intrusions, and in solemn silence of the soul he found God to be his hiding-place. When called into the world, if he could not be alone with God as his hiding-place, he could have the Lord...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. For thou wilt be sure to do as thou hast said. Thy promises are not like men’s, they cannot be broken, and when I get one of thy promises, O my God, I hide behind it, I am protected by it, and I am comforted through it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. Here is a hiding-place to escape to from danger, and a shield to protect whilst in danger. A hiding-place is not enough, because that cannot be moved, but the shield can be carried everywhere. It is buckled, on the warrior’s arm; and into every conflict he can take it. So, at even-time,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. “Thou art my protection against every kind of danger.” David had been accustomed to hide in the caves of the mountains, but now he says that he hid himself in his God. When he did not hide, but stood out bravely against the serried ranks of his foes, then God was his shield to cover him...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Depart from me, ye evildoers,.... The same with the evil thinkers, Psalms 119:113; According to Aben Ezra, they that think evil commonly do it; as they devise it, they commit it. This describes such persons whose course of life is, and who make it their constant business to do, iniquity; such the psalmist desires to depart his presence, to keep at...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. If we fly to God from vain thoughts, much more shall we avoid vain men. Evildoers make evil counselors. Those who say unto God, “Depart from us,” ought to hear the immediate echo of their words from the mouths of God’s children, “Depart from us. We cannot eat bread with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. Holy men often find that, in order to be holy, they have to be solitary. It sometimes happens that the force of evil companionship is too much for the gracious heart to bear, and the Christian man has to say to the ungodly, “Depart from me.” Now, if even godly David had to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. By which David did not mean that be would not speak with ungodly men. Monkish seclusion would be no advantage to a Christian. We are to be in the world, though not of it, as a ship is in the sea, but the sea is not in the ship, or else soon would she go to the bottom. We are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. If, by your evil example, you would take me off from serving my God, I will make you take yourselves off so that I may neither see nor follow your ill example: “Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.” David puts his foot down firmly, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Uphold me according unto thy word,.... In thy ways, that my footsteps slip not; in thine arms, and with the right hand of thy righteousness, from fainting and sinking under difficulties and discouragements, in trying circumstances; and from slipping and sliding out of the way of God; and from a total and final filling away, according to thy word...