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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. There is a waiting of expectancy; we believe that he is about to give us the mercy, and hold out the hand for it. There is a waiting of resignation; we know not what God may do, nor when he may appear, but we wait. Aaron held his peace. Tis a great virtue to wait for God when we...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
My soul [waiteth] for the Lord,.... This is repeated for the confirmation of it, and to show the vehement and constant disposition of his mind towards the Lord; as well as for the sake of what follows: more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning; or, "more than the morning watchers, that watch for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all her iniquities. Children of God, plead that precious, promise: “He shall redeem Israel from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. And many a mariner has watched, for the morning with an awful anxiety, for he could not know where his vessel was until the day should break. Many a weary patient, tossed upon the bed of pain, has waited for the morning,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. Those on the sick bed, who long for their weary waiting to be over, those afflicted ones who cry in the night of pain, “Would God it were morning! “ Those, too, that stand as sentinels the night before the battle, or after the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let Israel hope in the Lord,.... The psalmist having himself hope in the Lord and in his word, through a view of forgiveness with him, exhorts and encourages others to do so likewise, even every Israelite indeed; and such may comfortably hope in him for salvation, which was designed, contrived, promised, and now wrought out for sinners, the chief...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. He shall do this in a double and perfect way; he shall redeem us from the effect of all our iniquities through the atoning sacrifice, and from the power of all iniquity by his sanctifying Spirit....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. Enough to buy us back from all our slavery, and to buy back our inheritance as well. Our Redeemer is the redeemer of the inheritance that has been mortgaged, and now is burdened by the enormous debt of sin: “with him is plenteous redemption.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. The Lord shall do it; in whom Israel is encouraged to hope; with whom grace and redemption were; or who was appointed to be the Redeemer. Redemption was then future, when these words were said, but certain, by the promise of God and agreement of Christ; and would be of the whole Israel, or elect...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. That is our worst slavery, our in-equities, our want of equity, our having acted unfairly to God and unfairly to man. He will redeem us from all that evil; yea, he has redeemed us by price, and he will redeem us by power. This exposition consisted of readings from PSALMS 129, 130, and 131.