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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. “I will tell others what thou hast done. Thy free grace, thy pardoning mercy, shall not be hidden away in my breast; but I will begin to be a preacher of thy love; ay, and I shall have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me. He feels how much he needs it. The burnt child dreads the fire. “Uphold me with thy free spirit.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways,.... David was a prophet as well as a king; see Acts 2:30; and taught men the fear of the Lord, Psalms 34:11, and instructed them in his ways, as he here promises he would; by which are meant, either the ways which God prescribes and directs men to walk in, as the paths of faith, holiness, and truth, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; He would turn preacher if God would but bless him. He would tell others what great things God had done for him. Psa_51:13. And sinners shall be converted unto thee. He felt sure that, if he once told his tale of love, others would he melted, and would turn to God; and no doubt it was the case.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Dear friends, there is nothing that helps us to preach so well as a sense that we are sinners, and that God has had mercy upon us. Come up fresh from the washing, dripping with the blood of cleansing, and every drop will seem to plead with sinners that they, too,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Pardoned sinners make fine preachers. The man who has never felt the burden of sin is not fit to preach to burdened souls. Oh, but when that burden is taken off our backs, and our hearts, we are ready to leap for joy! Then we cry, — “Now will I tell to sinners...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. “If thou wilt but teach me, and save me, and cleanse me, then I will tell to others what great things thou hast done for me. I will tell out the story of thy love that others also may prove its power.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And sinners shall be converted unto thee. He felt sure that they would be converted, and if anything can be the means of converting sinners, it is the loving faithful testimony of one who has himself tasted that the Lord is gracious. If God has been merciful to you, my brother or my sister, do not hold your tongue about it, but tell to others what...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then I will teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Nobody ever teaches the mercy of God so well as he that tastes it. Sinner, do you know what a good God my Lord Jesus is? He has forgiven my innumerable sins, and therefore I love to speak of him, and to speak of him to such as you are, such as I am. “He is able to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Do you not see, brothers and sisters, that we must be in a right state of heart if we are to serve God well? We cannot teach transgressors his way, with a confident hope that they will be converted unto him, unless we ourselves possess the joy of God’s salvation,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways: and sinners shall be converted unto thee. And David has been doing that ever since, for this Psalm has been a continual sermon to sinners, teaching them God’s ways in pardoning sin; and many, I doubt not, have been converted unto God by his Spirit through the language of this Psalm. When you and I find...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Deliver me from blood guiltiness,.... Or "from bloods" (q); meaning not the corruption of nature; see Ezekiel 16:6; though to be rid of that, and to be free from the guilt and condemnation of it, is very desirable, Romans 7:24; but either from capital punishment in his family, the effusion of blood and slaughter in it, threatened him on account of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. Oh cleanse me from my sin, and I will sing thy praises forever; and I will sing earnestly, too: ‘My tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.’”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. David is going to preach, and to sing, too; and he will do it all himself; just now he wants nobody to help him. He is so given up to the service of his Master...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, — It took David a long time to come to that point, and to call his sin by its right name. He had really been the murderer of Uriah, and he tried to cover his guilt by saying, “The sword devoureth one as well as another.” But now he tells the whole truth: “Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,”— Psa_51:14....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, — David had been guilty of the death of Uriah. It is a proof of, his sincerity that he does not mince matters, but calls a spade a spade, and prays, “Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,” — Psa_51:14. Thou God of my Salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. “I will not only preach,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. This was a wonderful prayer, but it was not wonderful that David should get relief when he called his sin by its right name. Another man, in his place, might have said, “I did not kill Uriah. It is true that I had him put where he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: He called his sin by its right name. He knew that he had really been the murderer of Uriah, so he confesses his guilt in all its hideousness: “Deliver me from bloods (see marginal reading), O God, thou God of my salvation.” It is remarkable that, when David confesses his sin in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. I like that confession and that prayer of David. He does not mince matters, for he had guiltily caused the blood of Uriah to be shed, and here he owns it, with great shame, but with equal honesty and truthfulness. As long as you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. He said that he would, be a preacher; nay, he said that he would be a singer. God’s people feel that they cannot do too much when they get a sense of pardoned sin. They will be both preacher and precentor. They will preach; they...