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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,.... Not those which the Lord himself walks in, his ways of providence, or of grace; though these are and should be taken notice of and observed by good men, as the word (y) used will bear to be rendered; but the ways which he has prescribed and directed men to walk in, the ways of his commandments, in which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For all his judgments [were] before me,.... That is, the precepts of the law of God, which David had a respect unto, loved, took delight and pleasure in, and so had them all in his sight, and made them the rule of his actions; and the law of God is delighted in by regenerate persons, after the inward man; and though it is abolished as a covenant...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I was also upright before him,.... In heart and conversation, being sincere and faithful; so David was in the sight of God; but this is much more true of Christ, in whom there was no unrighteousness nor guile, neither in his heart, nor in his lips; he was of perfect integrity, and faithful in all things to him that appointed him; and I kept myself...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness,.... Having proved and supported this proposition by the above reasons, it is repeated, for confirmation's sake; according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight; this phrase, "in his eyesight", is here added, to show that the righteousness of Christ was clean, pure, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful,.... The merciful man is the good, gracious, holy, and godly man, as the word (z) here used signifies, and is sometimes rendered; one that has received grace and mercy from the Lord, and has principles of grace and goodness wrought in him, and is kind and merciful to others, both to their souls and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; with the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. If a man walks in a froward way, and opposes God, he will soon find that God treats him in a similar fashion. Sinners shall surely smart for their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; with the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the forward thou wilt shew thyself forward. For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. If your faith cannot endure testing and trying, it is but poor faith. It will...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure,.... None of Adam's posterity are pure by nature; they are all defiled with sin; and though some are pure in their own eyes, they are far from being cleansed from their filthiness; such only are pure who are sanctified by the Spirit of God, have clean hearts created in them, and whose hearts are purified...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thou wilt save the afflicted people,.... As the people of God commonly are; they are afflicted with sin, and the corruption of their own hearts, and with Satan and his temptations, and with the world, its reproaches, and persecutions; but God in his own time saves them out of them, if not here, yet hereafter. This is particularly and eminently...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; There is comfort there for any of you who are his people, and who are under his afflicting hand. Psa_18:27. But wilt bring down high looks. Pride excites the indignation of Jehovah; it is to the humble that he has regard.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thou wilt light my candle,.... Or lamp (d): in 2 Samuel 22:29, it is, "Thou [art] my lamp, O Lord"; which may either design outward prosperity, and the flourishing condition of David's kingdom; or internal spiritual light, and an increase of it, by giving fresh supplies of the oil of grace, to cause the lamp to burn more clearly; or rather the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou wilt light my candle the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. Plead that promise if you are in the dark at this moment. If you are God’s child, he will bring you out into the light ere long.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlightened my darkness. For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. As for God, his way is perfect: If you practice self-reliance, but not God-reliance, you will be sure to fail. What poor strength that is which does not come from God! Is it worthy of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For by thee I have run through a troop,.... Or, "I have run to a troop": to meet one (f) with courage and intrepidity, as some interpret it (g); or, as others (h), "I have run after a troop": that is, pursued after one, as David pursued after the troops of the Amalekites who burnt Ziklag, 1 Samuel 30:8; to which Jarchi refers this passage; or...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. God’s warriors have to fight in various ways, and in all they must quit themselves like men, and ascribe all their triumphs to their Lord.
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Verse 29-45. See Psalms on "Psa_18:29" for further information. Verse 29-45. See Psalms on "Psa_18:29" for further information. Verse 29-45. See Psalms on "Psa_18:29" for further information. Verse 29-45. See Psalms on "Psa_18:29" for further information.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[As for] God, his way [is] perfect,.... Or "without spot" (m), as the Septuagint render the word; without any just charge of inequality, or unrighteousness; such is God's way of providence, though sometimes his methods of providence are cavilled at by wicked men, and murmured at by his own people: they are at a loss, at times, to reconcile...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. No armor of proof or shield of brass so well secures the warrior as the covenant God of Israel protects his warring people. He is himself the buckler of trustful ones.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine...