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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth? So his prayer was an argument, and that is the very bone and sinew of prayer, — to reason and argue with God. He seems to put it thus, — “Lord, if I lose my soul, thou wilt be a loser, too, for thou wilt lose a singer out of thy...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me,.... By lifting up the light of his countenance again upon him; by manifesting and applying his pardoning grace to him, and by delivering him out of all his afflictions; Lord, be thou my helper; in this time of trouble; for he knew that vain was the help of man; and he was entirely in the right to betake...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. What a handy prayer this is, a prayer to carry about with you wherever you go! “Lord, be thou my Helper.” That is a minister’s prayer when he was going to preach. That is a Sunday-school teacher’s prayer when going to the class. Is not that a prayer for the sufferer when the pain upon...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Those hast turned for me my mourning into dancing,.... This, with what follows, expresses the success he had in seeking the Lord by prayer and supplication; there was a sudden change of things, as it often is with the people of God; sometimes they are mourning by reason of sin, their own and others; or on account of afflictions; or because of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness. What a transformation scene in answer to prayer! Notice that David does not say, “I hope that thou hast,” but he puts it thus, “Thou hast — thou hast,” He is quite sure about it; and, being sure of this great mercy, he gives God all the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent,.... Meaning either his soul, the more noble and glorious part of him; or the members of his body, his tongue, which is the glory of it, and with which he glorified God; see Psalms 16:9; compared with Acts 2:26, this was the end that was to be answered by changing the scene of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To the end that my glory- Or, “my tongue” — Psa_30:12. May sing praise to thee, and not be silent. God ought to have praise from us. It is the quit-rent which we pay as tenants to the great Lord of all; let us not rob him of his revenue. Psa_30:12. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.