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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. It is fretting that leads to anger and all manner of evil; but when the heart truly rests in God, it forsakes wrath. When we get...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. I do believe that, in a right...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Rest in the LORD, — That is a blessed state to reach. Notice the various stages that the psalmist has mentioned. There was first, “Trust and do.” Then there was “Delight and have.” Then there was “Commit, and have it brought to pass;” and now there is “Rest in the Lord,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, — That comes of fretting, and of being in a hurry, and not resting and being patient; for when the mind is restful, we can bear injuries: “Cease from anger,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Rest in the LORD,- That is the sweetest word of all: “Rest.” Go no further. Fret no more. Bear thy burdens no longer. Make this day a Sabbath to thy soul: “Rest in the Lord,”-And wait patiently for him:-Do not be in a hurry. The Lord has infinite leisure, so partake of it as far as thou canst: “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him:”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger,- You cannot do that unless you “rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him.” Angry passions fail upon the fire of fretfulness; therefore, “cease from anger,”-
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Cease from anger,.... Either at these wicked men who are so prosperous, or at God, who for the present suffers it; see Jonah 4:9 Proverbs 19:3; and forsake wrath; which is anger wrought up to a greater degree; and the rather to be shunned and avoided, as being very disagreeable to the character of a good man; fret not thyself in any wise to do...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. Very often, our proverb is true, “The more haste, the less speed;” and he who is in a hurry often does evil under the notion that it is the shortest way to get good, which it never is, for evil brings forth evil, and that perpetually.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evil doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. Their turn will come in due time. It comes last, but then it comes to last, for there is nothing to come after the last.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For evildoers shall be cut off,.... Though they flourish for a while, they shall be cut down like the grass or flower of the field, or they shall be cut off as branches from a flourishing tree; they shall be cut off from the earth, and rooted out of it by death or some desolating judgment; see Proverbs 2:22; and therefore not to be envied and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. If there is anything good to be had here, men that wait upon God shall have it. If there is any grain of wheat amidst these heaps of chaff, believers that are trusting the Lord shall find them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. The very house he inhabited, the grand estate which he called his own, shall be called by the name of another owner, and he shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. The very place wherein he stood so high has utterly perished. How many instances there have been of men who have taken great pains...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be],.... Not that they shall be annihilated or reduced to nothing, because nonentities have no place nor being any where; when they die they shall lift up their eyes in hell; their bodies will rise again at the last day; they shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ, and go into everlasting...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: How transient are their joys! Their wealth which they accumulate, the beauty which they think is upon their estate, all this is but as the painted colors of the bubble, which is scarcely seen before it vanishes. Wilt thou envy this? Wilt thou envy a little child his play-toys, which will be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. How often even the place where he lived — his house, — becomes a ruin. The very palace where the tyrant dwelt is burnt down, or destroyed in some other way.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. The house in which he lived, or the place that was called by his name, is often destroyed.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the meek shall inherit the earth,.... [See comments on Psalms 37:9]; of this character [See comments on Psalms 22:26]. Our Lord seems to refer to this passage in Matthew 5:5; and shall delight themselves is the abundance of peace; of spiritual peace enjoyed in a way of believing, arising from a comfortable view of interest in the blood,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. There is a great fulfillment of that prophecy yet to come in the latter days, but it is fulfilled even now. Who does not see that the man who really enjoys life, and enjoys the world, is, after all, the meek, humble-minded Christian man? That shepherd of...