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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the LORD. David was a king, and he danced before the ark, and he anticipated the time when other kings should not be ashamed of exuberant rejoicing in the King of kings. Oh, that it were come! May the Lord hasten it in his own time, and the choral hosts of heaven be swelled by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord. Think of that,— kings singing in the ways of the Lord, crowned princes becoming choristers in God’s service. Someone has said that there are few in heaven who wore crowns on earth; and I am afraid it is true that, of all who are crowned on earth, few ever get to that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Though the Lord [be] high,.... Above all the earth, and all the nations of it, and the highest of men in it; above the heavens, and the angels there, who are his creatures and at his command; above all the blessings and praises of his saints: the perfect knowledge of him is so high as not to be attained; and his thoughts and ways are higher than...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: That is a sweet text. One who was a scoffer met a humble child of God one morning, and he said to him, “Tell me, is your God a great God or a little God,” and the poor man said, “Sir, he is both, for, though he is so great that the heaven of heavens cannot contain him, yet he makes...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. A glance of them is quite enough for him. He has no wish to know any more about them: he so hates them. Nothing can separate God from a soul so much as pride. It is that which causes the rejection of the gospel. Men will not have the humbling gospel —...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: — He was a king, yet he expected trouble; and do you complain when it comes to your cottage, after it had been to David’s palace? “Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me:
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Though I walk in the midst of trouble,.... Trouble attends the best of men; both outward and inward trouble, from sin, Satan, and the world; yea, they are in the midst of it, surrounded with it; and it is a way in which they walk through this world, and enter the kingdom of heaven; it is continued unto them; it is a long walk, and yet will have an...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: He was a king but he had his trouble. A throne is not a place wherein we can shelter ourselves from trial. “Though I walk in the midst of trouble” —like a man that is to rush through a fire — “yet I shall be safe,” saith he “for thou wilt revive me — give me new life. When it seems as if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save. me. The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. Note the confident spirit that runs through all this. There is a childlike trust in God, and there is a gladsome...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. He expected first to be revived, and afterwards to be protected. He believed that God would stretch out his hand, as men do when they make a supreme effort, and put forth all their force: “Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The Lord will perfect [that which] concerneth me,.... Or "will", or "may the Lord perform for me" (x): all things in providence; all that he had appointed for him, that would be for his good and his own glory, Psalms 57:2; and particularly what concerned him as a king. He had made him king over the house of Judah; he had begun to fulfil his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: “All that has to do with me — my business, my family, my work, my temporal and my eternal interests,— ‘that which concerneth me,’ and that which troubles me, moves my heart with the deepest concern, Jehovah will perfect.” Psa_138:8. Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine...