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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: It cannot be that God has seen all their wickedness, and read their evil thoughts, and yet will spare them. When men offend in the very presence of the judge, it is easy work for him to try them. Psa_139:19. Depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. “Ye men of blood, ye men stained with the blood of your...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. “Surely” — here is a solemn inference from the omniscience of God — “surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God.” Thou hast seen their wickedness. They have committed their wickedness in thy presence. Thou wilt need no witnesses, no jury, thou art all in one. Art thou...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For they speak against thee wickedly,.... Against his being, his perfections, his purposes, his providences, his doctrines, ordinances, ministers, and people; or "they speak of thee for wickedness" (b), they made mention of the name of God to cover their wickedness, pretending to fear God and love him, to have a reverence of him and serve him,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Psa_139:22. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. We are bound to love our own enemies, but we are not bound to love God’s enemies. We are to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. We are to love our own enemies, but we are not to love God’s enemies. We are to forgive our personal...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. David could not bear even the thought that men should insult such a God ; — a want of reverence to the All-seeing One was altogether unbearable to him; so he bade those who were guilty of such wickedness to take themselves away from him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. We are bound to love our own enemies, but not God’s enemies, since they are haters of all that is good and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?.... Wicked men are haters of God; of his word, both law and Gospel; of his ordinances, ways, and worship; of his people, cause, and interest; and therefore good men hate them: not as men, as the creatures of God, and as their fellow creatures, whom they are taught by the Gospel to love, to do good unto,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. We are to love our own enemies, but we are not to love God’s enemies, nor willingly to mix with them. How can Christian men associate with the lewd and irreverent without becoming...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I hate them with perfect hatred,.... Heartily and really; not in word only, but in deed and in truth; "odio vatiniano", with consummate hatred: this is an answer to his own question; I count them mine enemies; being the enemies of God: the friends of God were David's friends, as angels and good men, and God's enemies were his; their friends and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Search me, O God, and know my heart,.... He had searched him, and knew his heart thoroughly; try me, and know my thoughts; he had tried him, and knew every thought in him, Psalms 139:1. This therefore is not said for the sake of God; who, though he is the trier of hearts, and the searcher of the reins, is indeed a discerner of the thoughts and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Search me, O God, — Is it not wonderful that what the psalmist started with as a doctrine, now becomes a prayer? Before, he said, “O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.” Now he cries, “Search me, O God,” — Psa_139:23. And know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: Every attribute of God works for the good of those who trust him; if you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. That is a blessed prayer; may God hear it in the case of each one of us, for his dear Son’s sake! Amen.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Search me, O God, and know my heart: “Thou hast searched me, O God; but I pray thee to do it again, and to keep on doing it; never take thy great search-light away from me.” Psa_139:23. Try me, and know my thoughts: “I cannot hide them from thee, and would not if I could.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Search me, O God. and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And see if [there be any] wicked way in me,.... Not that David thought himself free from wickedness, or that there was none to be found in his heart and life; and therefore said this in a boasting way, he knew otherwise; see Psalms 19:12; but he is desirous it might be thoroughly looked into and seen whether there was any such wicked way in him he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. May God first make that our prayer, and then graciously hear it, for his great name’s sake! Amen.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And see if there be any wicked way in me, “Lord, look for the dross, to consume it; look for the spots, to wash them away.” Psa_139:24. And lead me in the way everlasting. “Amen,” — our hearts say, “Amen, — so let it be.”