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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[It is he] that giveth salvation to kings,.... Which is the reason of singing the new song to the Lord, or this is the matter of it. The Lord is the Preserver of men and beasts, the Saviour of all men, and especially of them that believe; who are in a spiritual sense kings and priests unto God; and in a temporal sense he saves high and low, rich...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,.... This is repeated from Psalms 144:7; and is done to show the vehemency and importunity of the request, and the danger David was in, and his sense of it; [See comments on Psalms 144:7]; whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood. [See comments on...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth,.... The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read, "whose sons [are as] plants", c. as if this and what follows were a description of the families, estates, substance, and outward happiness of wicked men, the enemies of David, the strange children he desired to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: Or, rather, “of a temple.” This should be the prayer of every parent, that his sons may be bringing forth fruit unto God, that his daughters may be fixed as polished stones in the Church of God, to form a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[That] our garners [may be] full, affording all manner of store,.... Or "our corners" (s), the corners of their houses, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; the nooks that were in them might be full of provisions for the supply of the family; or that their barns and granaries might be full of all kind of corn, as wheat, rye, barley, c. which might be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: When this is the case spiritually, when there is milk for babes, meat for strong men, and not a little of each, but more than enough for all, then are we very happy. Spiritual fertility is a blessed thing, when each Christian, each of the Lord’s sheep, becomes prolific in increasing...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[That] our oxen [may be] strong to labour,.... To draw carriages, to plough with, and to tread out the corn: or "may be burdened" (w); fit to carry burdens; or burdened with flesh, be plump and fat, and in good condition to work; or burdened with young, as some (x) understand it, and then it must be meant of cows, as the word is used, Deuteronomy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That our oxen may be strong to labour; That the ministers of God may be mighty; that Sabbath-school teachers, and all earnest labourers, may have strength given to them. Psa_144:14. That there be no breaking in, nor going out; That there be no wolves to destroy by breaking in; and that there be no sheep to suffer injury by going astray....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That there be no complaining in our street. Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. May this be our case! And if it is our case, then the Lord is our God even at this day. Psa_144:14-15. That there be no complaining in our streets. Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Happy [is that] people that is in such a case,.... Whose families are in good order and behave well; who enjoy plenty of all good things; whose flocks and herds increase, and who live in peace and prosperity; these are temporal blessings highly valuable, and for which those who have them should be thankful, as being happy in comparison of others...