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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. The great Angel of the covenant, the Lord Jesus Christ, surrounds with his army the dwellings of the saints, and takes care to have them in safe keeping.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. God’s children are always attended like princes, legions of angels form their body-guard. The angel of the Lord, and companies of holy angels with him, pitch their celestial tents round about them that fear God.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O taste, and see that the Lord [is] good,.... He is essentially, infinitely, perfectly, immutably, and solely good in himself; and he is communicatively and diffusively good to others: he is the author of all good, but not of any evil, in a moral sense; this chiefly regards his special grace and goodness through Christ: all the divine Persons in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. That is the language of experience. Some of us have lived by trusting God for many years, and, instead of growing weary of it, we would invite others to do the same. Oh! taste and see that the Lord is good. You cannot know his goodness without tasting it. But there was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. You may not only believe that God is good, but it may become a matter of experience with you: “O taste and see that the Lord is good.” You cannot see the goodness of God to perfection without tasting it, so use the sense of taste as well as that of sight. Some people...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. We are often in want because we are not seeking the Lord, but are seeking what we think we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. It is the grandest of benedictions. It is the sum and substance of the gospel. “Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” By the way of works we are cursed but by the way of believing we are blest. Are you trusting? Dear heart, are you trusting? Is it a feeble trust?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Do try him, dear friends, and prove for yourselves how good and gracious he is: “O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” “Oh, make but trial of his love; Experience will decide How blest are they, and only they, Who in his truth...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O fear the Lord, ye his saints,.... Who are sanctified by his Spirit, and so are openly and manifestly his; these are exhorted to fear the Lord with reverence and godly fear; and great reason there is why they should fear him, since he is King of saints, and fear is due to him from them; and seeing they have received many instances of grace and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. They are very strong, those young lions. They are fierce. They are rapacious. They are cunning. And yet they do lack and suffer hunger. And there are many men in this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there its no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack,- They are strong, cunning, ravenous, yet they “do lack,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. Sometimes their wishes are not granted, but there is no real want. They shall have all necessaries, if they do not have all luxuries.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. He will supply all their wants. You need not fear for anything else when once you fear God.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger,.... According to Apollinarius, "the needy rich, whom famine presses;'' see Job 4:10; but they that seek the Lord; by prayer, diligently, with their whole heart, and in the sincerity of their souls; the Targum is, "that seek the doctrine of the Lord"; that seek instruction from him, and to be taught by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And suffer hunger: They try to take care of themselves, and therefore they get badly taken care of. Psa_34:10. But they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. When God takes care of us, we are well taken care of, though we are not lions, but sheep; for we have a Shepherd, and the lions have not, so we “shall not want any good thing.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: Strong as they are, and crafty as they are, they howl, because of their hunger, sometimes. Psa_34:10. But they that seek the LORD Though they have no craft, and no courage, and no strength, and no foresight. Psa_34:10. Shall not want any good thing. Plead that, tried child of God. Plead it: plead it. If...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: They are strong, and fierce, and crafty, and unscrupulous, yet still they suffer hunger: — Psa_34:10. But they that seek the LORD; shall not want any good thing. Though they be neither cruel, nor cunning, nor strong, “they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.” What a promise for you to plead...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Come, ye children,.... Meaning either his own children, those of his own family, judging it his duty to instruct them, and bring them up in the fear of the Lord; or his subjects, to whom he stood in the relation of a father, as every king does; or all his hearers, as those who attended the prophets are called the children or sons of the prophets;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Come, ye children, Ye that are beginning life — you that want to know where true happiness is found Psa_34:11. Hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. It is that which you want to know, beyond everything else.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. I should not wonder but that, when David played the madman, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, the children in the streets gathered round him, and mocked him. Wherever we have done harm to any, let us try to do them good. So did David; he sought to gather the children...