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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. As a seaman spreads out the chart before him, that he may follow the right channel, and not miss his track — as a traveler spreads out his map that he may keep to the right way, “I have chosen the way of truth. Thy judgments have I laid before me.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I have stuck unto thy testimonies,.... The word of God, the Scriptures of truth, and the doctrines contained in them. These he closely adhered to, was glued unto them as it were; having firmly believed them, he steadfastly professed them; nor could he be moved from them by any temptations whatever, notwithstanding the reproach cast upon them and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: 0 LORD, put me not to shame. I am glued to them: there is no separating me, no tearing me apart, from them. “O Lord, put me not to shame.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: Just now, the psalmist said that his soul stuck to the earth; yet, at the same time, he was sticking to God’s testimonies, for every good man is two men. There is a new-birth-man who sticks to God’s testimonies, and there is that old carnal nature in us which cleaves to the dust.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O Lord, put me not to shame. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. That is, “When thou shalt give me liberty of heart, then I will run in the way of thy commandments. When the impediments are removed, — when the sin, which doth so easily entangle me, is taken away, then will I run with delight in the way of thy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have stuck unto thy testimonies : — I like that word “stuck.” “I have stuck unto thy testimonies.” “I could not be drawn or dragged away from them. They told me of some fine new ideas and modern grand discoveries; but ‘I have stuck unto thy testimonies.’ They came before me with something very artistic and scientific; but ‘I have stuck unto thy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: As if I were glued to them — sealed to them. They said I was very old-fashioned. They said I did not keep pace with the times. They said I was not a man of thought. I did not care about that. “I have stuck unto thy testimonies.” Psa_119:31. O LORD, put me not to shame. And he never will. If we stick to him, we...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will run the way of thy commandments,.... Not only walk but run in it; which is expressive of great affection to the commands of God, of great readiness and cheerfulness, of great haste and swiftness in the way of them, and of great delight and pleasure therein; when thou shall enlarge my heart; with the knowledge of God, his word, ways,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will run the way of thy commandment, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. I will go quicker and faster, I will have more energy, more flaming zeal, in thy service — “When thou shalt enlarge my heart.” O Lord, it is very narrow and very contracted, I cannot think great thoughts, nor do great things, nor believe great promises, unless thou shalt...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. “When I get liberty of heart, then will I take as my choice, thy ways.” The Christian is never so much at liberty as when he is under law to Christ. He knows the difference between licence and liberty. He has a liberty to do so he wills, because he wills to do as God wills...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. There is an enlargement of the heart that is very dangerous, but this kind of enlargement of the heart is the most healthy thing that can happen to a man. A great heart, you see, is a running heart. A little heart goes slowly, but an enlarged heart runs in the way of God’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. Give my heart freedom. Knock off my fetters. Take away my heaviness Remove from me my ignorance. Give my soul room, and she will run, but it will be in the ways of thy commandments.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
h, HE.--The Fifth Part. Ver. 33. HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes,.... Which they point unto, and direct to walk in; not only the statutes and ordinances themselves, the theory of them, but the practice of them. This is taught in the word, and by the ministers of it; but none so effectually teach as the Lord himself, Isaiah 2:3; and I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. Here is the art of finally persevering. Here is the way of continuing to the end, and the same shall be saved. We must begin with a teachable spirit. He that is not willing to learn has not begun right. We aught to disciple all nations, but he that will not learn is not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Teach me, o Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. We forget what others teach us, but we never forget what God truly teaches us. He who has been graciously taught will finally persevere.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; — The psalmist is constantly talking about “the way.” We have that expression in the 27th verse, then in the 29th, the 30th, and the 32nd; and now again we have it here: “Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes;” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. That is not true or right understanding which permits us to go into sin; those who are really wise in heart hate evil and love righteousness.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law,.... A spiritual understanding; an understanding of the law, the perfection, purity, holiness, and spirituality of it; an understanding of the Gospel, and of Christ and the things of Christ; from whom grace and strength are to be had for the due observance of the law, as in his hands; which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. A want of understanding is a very great lack. There is little wonder that men turn aside from an outward religion which has never taken possession of their thoughts and minds. If they only subscribe to the creed which they have never studied — if they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. This is the great point as to thorough godliness,—to observe God’s law with our whole heart. In these days, there is much slurring in religious matters; but they who love God aright love him with their whole heart, and they are careful even in what others...