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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy day. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: You could not help it. It is not the best thing in the world. Meditation is always good, but it needs to be done in a wise way, else we may meditate ourselves into still deeper griefs. “ I pour out my soul in me.” Psa_42:4. For I had gone with the multitude, Here were memories which made him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me :- That is not a good thing to do; if you do pour your soul out, do not pour it into yourself again. There is little gain when you merely empty your grief out of yourself into yourself. I have known many a man lay his burden down, and then take it up again directly. That is poor economy; the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy day. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? You see, the psalmist here talks to himself. Every man is two men; we are duplicates, if not triplicates, and it is well sometimes to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?.... The psalmist corrects himself, as being too much depressed in spirit with his present circumstances, and expostulates with himself; adding, and [why] art thou disquieted in me? which suggests, that the dejections of God's people are unreasonable ones; sin itself is no just cause and reason of them; for though...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. As one well remarks, Christian men have a deal of indoor work to do. They have not only to question others, but they have to question themselves. “Why art thou cast down, O my soul?” Be very jealous,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? As old Master Trapp says, “David tries to talk David out of the dumps; and he does well.” Here were two Davids--David that was down and David that was up, and David draws David up. So you, too, if you are a little low tonight, should let your better, godlier self talk to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. “I know I shall; he will yet look at me. I shall not always be in the dark; wherefore, let me begin at once to praise him.” It is well sometimes to snatch a light from the altars of the future, and with it to kindle the sacrifices of the present: “I shall yet praise him...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O my God, my soul is cast down within me,.... Which the psalmist repeats, partly to show the greatness of his dejection, though he had not lost his view of interest in God as his covenant God; and partly to observe another method he made use of to remove his dejection and refresh his spirits; and that was by calling to mind past experiences of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. Oh, what a mercy it is to be able to look back upon our past experiences of God’s mercy! How delightful it is to remember what the Lord was, to us in days gone by, for he is the same God still. When you are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. Or the little hill. I did know thee there. These were thy trysting-places. There didst thou meet with me, and I do remember this, and canst thou have met me in love so often, and wilt thou cast me away now?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Is it not a blessed thing that, even when he is down, he says, “ Oh, my God”? He gets hold of his God. He has lost his company, but he has not lost his God. See-“my soul”--“my God.” His God is as much his as his soul is his. He puts them together-“my God”-“my soul.” Psa_42:6. Therefore will I remember thee...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. From the little hill I will think of all thy former love; — all the sacred spots where thou hast met with me, all the lonely places where thou hast been my comfort, and all the joyful regions where thou hast...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of the water spouts,.... By which are meant afflictions, comparable to the deep waters of the sea, for their multitude and overwhelming nature; see Psalms 69:1; these came pouring down, one after another, upon the psalmist: as soon as one affliction over, another came, as in the case of Job; which is signified...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. When there is a great rain at sea, there is a peculiar kind of noise, as if the deep above were talking to the deep below. “Deep calleth unto deep; and sometimes, the two deeps clasp hands, and then there is what we call a waterspout. The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: Heaven’s troubles and earth’s trials seem to clasp hands and form a waterspout. The deep of thy dark purposes seems to echo to the deep of human malice and Satanic wrath. “Deep calleth to deep.” Psa_42:7. All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Thou haste concentrated an ocean upon my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts; all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. They are God’s waves and God’s billows; so he will not mind them. Our Father rules the stormiest deeps, and the noisiest depths of the soul only speak as he permits them. Be of good cheer.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Here is a great storm; here is a man, not merely on the sea, but in the sea; with not only some waves beating upon him, but with all of them going over him; and those not common waves, but God’s waves. That is a Hebraism for the biggest waves,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[Yet] the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime,.... Which is a tender affection in God towards his people, springs from his sovereign will and pleasure, is from everlasting, is ever the same, never removes from them, and is better than life; the effects of which are all spiritual blessings, grace, and glory: and this the Lord...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. We shall not only have day-time grace, but night-time grace, too: “In the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.” What a sweet title that is, “The God of my life,” the...