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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth,.... Ready to sink, swoon, and faint away, through the weight of the affliction on him, by reason of the persecution of his enemy, and for want of the divine Presence; hence the Targum renders it, "my spirit desireth thee;'' see So 5:6; and therefore entreats that God would hear and answer him quickly;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. This is a beautiful prayer, which any one of you might present to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. What a dead “lift” it is sometimes! Yet we must not let our soul...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. “Lest I swoon away — lest I die — lest my hope should utterly expire. Come, Lord: come, Lord, and rescue me.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning,.... Not only externally in the ministry of the word; but internally by the Spirit, so as to feel and perceive, and have some sensible experience of it; which he desired he might have in the morning, early, speedily, by the next morning; it being now night perhaps when he was in this distress, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. Very heavy, but I lift it up. With all my might, as though it were a dead lift, I seek to raise it out of its doubt, and out of its sorrow.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies,.... Either Saul and his courtiers, or Absalom and the conspirators along with him; who were many, and lively and strong, stronger than he; and therefore God only could deliver him, and to him he sought for it, and not to men; and so deliverance from spiritual enemies is only from the Lord; I flee unto thee to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. Teach me to do thy will; This is another most blessed prayer: “Teach me to do thy will.” Most of us want to have our own will, and to go our own way; but each one who is truly wise prays to the Lord, “Teach me to do thy will.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; “Make my spirit good!”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. Teach me to do thy will; for thy art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Or “lead me in a straight path.” So it is rendered by the best scholars.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Teach me to do thy will,.... Revealed in the word; which saints desire a greater knowledge of in order to do it, and in which they delight; and also are desirous of being taught, and to practise submission to the will of God under afflictions; which was now the case of the psalmist; for thou [art] my God; his covenant God; and from whom all his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble. What earnest pleading is this, and how powerful it is! Every word is so fitting that, if I had time to explain it, you would note the force and appropriateness of every...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Lead me into the land of uprightness. Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: Do not these prayers fit you, my brothers and sisters? Do you not feel as if you were being taught how to pray by the reading of this Psalm? I think it must be so at least with some of you.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake,.... Being like one dead, Psalms 143:3; that is, revive and cheer his drooping spirit, ready to fail, being overwhelmed within him, Psalms 143:4; as well as revive the work of grace in him; and quicken his soul to the exercise of grace, and discharge of duty; and this he desires not only for his own soul's...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble. And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. We cannot join in the prayers in this verse just as it stands, for we live in another dispensation, in which we are taught to pray for our enemies, not against them; but as far as this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: Felt as if he should die, and, therefore, he says, “Quicken me: put new life into me.” To whom should we go for life, but to the living God, and who can communicate with us, but the same God who first made us live in his name.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thy righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble. And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. This exposition consisted of readings from PSALM 142. and 143.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies,.... Which, though an act of vindictive justice, and terrible righteousness to them, would be an act of grace and mercy to him, who thereby would be delivered from them: or, "for thy grace" (b); for the sake of it, for the honour of it, do this; those being, as Cocceius thinks, despisers of the grace of God;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.