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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving,.... These are the words of the psalmist unto the Israelites, according to Aben Ezra and Kimchi; but may be an exhortation to all men, especially good men; who are capable of observing the following things concerning providential goodness and special grace, on account of which they are called upon to "sing unto...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: “Unto our God.” How that possessive pronoun puts a world of endearment into the majestic word “God”! “This God is our God.” Come, my hearer, can you call God your God? Is he indeed yours? If so, “Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. This is the true science, this is the real philosophy; not merely the laws of nature, but God everywhere; God cloud-making, God rain-preparing, God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: False gods have been served with discordant yells and cries of agony, but our God is to be worshipped with songs of thanksgiving. Think not that he desires you to come before him with groans and moans: he will hear them if they he sincere, but he would have you raise...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Let every form of melody and harmony be consecrated to him. Give him thanks-giving and thanks-living; and as he is always giving to you, take care that you give to him what you can, — namely, your thanks.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Who covereth the heaven with clouds,.... Which are exhalations of vapours out of the earth, and of waters out of the sea, by the sun, and formed into clouds; which are carried about in the air, and let down in showers of rain upon the earth, in proper places, for the good of the inhabitants; and sometimes, when necessary, the heavens are covered...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. They did not talk about the “law of nature” in those days. They ascribed everything to God; let us do the same. It is a poor science that pushes God farther away from us, instead of bringing him nearer to us. HE covers the heaven...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, Little children do not think that is a matter for gratitude; they are sorry to see the clouds and the rain, but wise men know how fraught with blessing are the clouds God sends. It is even so in providence and grace. Psa_147:8. Who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. For...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. God, the Infinite One, makes the clouds; not the laws of nature, which are dead, inoperative things without him; but Jehovah himself fashions the clouds, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He giveth to the beast his food,.... Through the plenty of grass growing upon the mountains, by the rain falling from the clouds of heaven upon them: these cannot provide for themselves, but the Lord feeds them; and they wait upon him for their food, and receive it of him, Psalms 104:27. How much more will he feed his own people, both with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. Our God cares for the birds and the beasts. He is as great in little things as in great things. Praise ye his name. The gods of the heathen could not have these things said of them; but our God takes pleasure in providing for the beasts of field and the birds of the air. The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. The very best illustration of that verse is to be found, I think, in crows going to bed at night. You may have heard their caws. White says, in his Natural History of Selborne, that a little child said in his hearing, “Hark, father, the rooks are saying their prayers.” It does...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. Unclean creatures though they be, God feeds them. We have known people have only one bird in a cage, and yet forget to feed it; but God has myriads of birds, millions of beasts, and fishes innumerable, yet they are not starved. The commissariat of God never fails: my soul, will he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse,.... It has been his will and pleasure to give the horse strength for the use and service of men, both for labour and war; and as this is a creature of his, and the work of his hands, it must be agreeable to him, Job 39:19 yet a horse, though prepared for the battle, is a vain thing for safety, which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.— Kings of the olden times rejoiced in the thews and sinews of their soldiers and their horses; but God has no delight in mere physical strength. He takes pleasure in spiritual...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. As the kings did in those days; their infantry and their cavalry were their glory. The Lord does not care for that sort of thing; what gives him pleasure, then? Listen
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. Man boasts of his strength, and he looks at his fine horse, and glories in its strength; but God has something higher and better than sinew and muscle to boast about.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse; he taketh not pleasure in the legs of man. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. Again, you see, it is the same strain; it is not the great things or the mighty things that attract him, but the little things, and the weak things, and the despised things.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him,.... With a filial and godly fear; that serve and worship him, privately and publicly, with reverence and love: as, appears by the goodness he lays up for them; the good things he communicates to them; the discoveries of his love, covenant, and grace, they have from him; the guard he sets about them;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. As kings have gloried in their troops, so does God glory in tender hearts that fear him, and that hope in his mercy. I love that double description-“ them that fear him,” “those that hope in his mercy.” There is a mixture there,-fearing and hoping,-but the mixture...