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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Uphold me- I thought we should soon come to that petition. We have been reading about David’s resolutions, and we might have thought that he was too bold in speaking so positively, but now he shows us the modesty of his mind: “Uphold me”- Psa_119:116. According unto thy word, that I may live: The Lord upholds us as a nurse holds up a little child,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. You see, he feels his weakness, and he cries to his God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: “Lord, I cannot even live unless thou dost uphold me according to thy promise.” The Christian man is so dependent upon God that he owes his life and the continuance of it to upholding grace. Psa_119:116. And let me not be ashamed of my hope. “If thy promise could fail me, then I should have cause...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe,.... As all are, and none but such, who are in the hands of Christ; enclosed in the arms of everlasting love, upheld with the right hand of Jehovah, supported by his promises and grace, surrounded by his power, sustained by his love, and preserved in Christ Jesus; and I will have respect unto thy statutes...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hold thou, me up,- One is fond of that short, simple prayer, first it is, “Uphold me,” and then, “Hold me up;” either way it is equally good: “Hold thou me up,”- Psa_119:117. And I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. When God holds us up, there is no fear of our falling down; we have respect unto his statutes when...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. The brightest archangel owes all his glory to God, and the perpetuity of that glory depends upon the constant gift of the gracious One. How wise, then, is it of men, conscious of their weakness, to hang constantly upon their God. As the vessel hangs upon...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. “They are like salt that has lost its savour, which is neither fit for the land nor yet for the dunghill, but men cast it out, and tread it under their feet; and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes,.... That wander from the way of the Lord's commandments; that deviate from his precepts, go astray constantly and wilfully; a people that err in their hearts, and with all their hearts. These the Lord treads down, as mire in the streets, as grapes in a winepress; which shows his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:- Perhaps some of you have seen the great heaps of slag lying outside the furnace, that is a picture of the ungodly: “Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their. deceit is falsehood. Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. You see, the Psalmist’s mind is entirely occupied with this spirit of perseverance. He seems to tremble, and to be filled with awe lest he should by any means prove...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross,.... Which is of no worth and value, useless and unprofitable; which is cast into the fire, and separated from the choice metal. This expresses the character and state of wicked men; who are of no account with God, are of no profit and advantage to him; nor to men, but harmful and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore I love thy testimonies. What! does love to the truth, and to the God of truth spring out of this putting away of the wicked? Yes, even the stern justice of God makes his people love him, and love his truth. I am of the same mind as the children of Israel were when Pharaoh and his army were swallowed up in the Red Sea, and the emancipated...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: “As the dross is thrown away when the useful metal has been extracted from it, so, O Lord, when thou hast taken all thy saints out of the world thou will put the wicked of the earth away like dross.” Psa_119:119. Therefore I love thy testimonies. What? Does David love God’s testimonies...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou putteth away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. Eastern kings cannot often say as much as this, but David had been a just king. This was for his comfort when he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee,.... Not for fear of the wrath of God coming down upon himself, nor for fear of eternal damnation; but for fear of what was coming upon the wicked, for their sins and transgressions. The word (n) used signifies such a dread and horror, which seizes a man to such a degree, that it makes the hair of his flesh to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. Well may we also tremble when we see how terrible God is out of his holy places. There is a fear which is akin to love. As there is a fear which perfect love casts out, so is there another fear which love dandles on her knee, and such is the fear which David felt. May we too...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. This is the man who truly loves God, and this is the kind of fear that perfect love does not cast out. Though we love God supremely, we become for that very reason God-fearing men, and dread to do anything that would cause him anger or sorrow.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
e, AIN.--The Sixteenth Part. Ver. 121. AIN. I have done judgment and justice,.... As king of Israel; which is the character given of him, 2 Samuel 8:15; and in which he was a type of Christ, Jeremiah 23:5; and as a private person; which is everyone's duty, and every good man especially will be desirous of performing it: it is not indeed perfectly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. When a man is conscious of doing right, he has a good ground of appeal to God. If, when it was in your power, you did not oppress others, you may plead with God that he will not let others oppress you. If it has been your habit to act with judgment and justice towards others, you...