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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. That is God’s logic. One likes to see “ therefores” in scripture. They are inferences drawn with great accuracy. Thou hast been my helper. Well, then, thou wilt be my helper; and if I cannot see thy face I will rejoice in the shadow of thy wings. I know that thou...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
My soul followeth hard after thee,.... In a way of duty, and in the use of means; as prayer, meditation, c. though at a distance from the house of God, and worship of it that he might not lose sight of him; that he might know more of him, and have more communion with him; being drawn after him with the cords of love, and strongly affected to him....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy right hand upholdeth me. There is the secret upholding of divine grace, even when the soul cannot attain the fellowship at which it aims. When we are struggling to be near to God, let us thank the Lord who, by his Spirit, worketh in us the heavenly ardor that makes us run to him. The last three verses of the Psalm describe what would become of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul followeth hard after thee: The Hebrew is, “My soul is glued to thee.” “I am like a dog that keeps close to his master’s heels, and will not leave him.” Psa_63:8. Thy right hand upholdeth me. We should not follow the Lord if his hand were not still underneath us to keep us going.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy right hand upholdeth me. But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes, But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Stopped with a shovelful of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul followeth hard after thee: I am after thee, my God, hard after thee, following hard after thee longing for thee, like a dog at the heels of his master’s horse, going with all his might, following hard after thee. Oh, this is a healthy condition to be in. If thou canst not yet reach thy God, yet if thou followest hard after him it is well...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foes. All our sins, and all other things or beings that are the enemies of our soul, Christ has overcome, and he will leave them upon the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But those [that] seek my soul to destroy it,.... Meaning his life; for as for his soul, that was immaterial and immortal, and could never be destroyed by man: but as for his natural life, his enemies laid snares for that, and sought to take it away, and nothing less would satisfy them; shall go into the lower parts of the earth; not the grave,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. The wicked always grovel, they never rise to higher things; and their course shall be downward,-downward to the grave, downward to eternal death.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. The jackal is the creature meant here, for he haunts the battlefield, and devours the slain. So it came to pass with many of David’s foes. They fell in battle, and the wild beasts devoured them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. Or jackals, as his name did become.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They shall fall by the sword,.... As Saul, his sons, and mighty men, did, 1 Samuel 31:4; or, "they shall make him pour out" (u); that is, his blood, "by the hands" or "[means] of the sword"; meaning either some principal enemy, as Saul in particular, or everyone of his enemies; who should be thrust with the sword, their blood let out, and they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall fall by the sword: They took the sword; they shall perish by the sword. They were seeking to slay David; they shall be themselves slain. Psa_63:10. They shall be a portion for foxes. Not for lions; but for foxes, or jackals, for that is the word; the jackals shall gnaw them in pieces.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the king shall rejoice in God,.... Not Saul, as R. Obadiah; as if David wished him well, and that he might have reason to rejoice in God, though he sought his hurt; which sense is rejected by Abea Ezra: but either David, who speaks of himself as king, being anointed by Samuel, and who, upon the death of Saul, was so in fact; and who rejoiced,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the king shall rejoice in God; David was the king; so you see that he did not rejoice in the slaughter of his enemies, but he did rejoice in his God. Psa_63:11. Every one that sweareth by him shall glory: Those who were true and loyal to the king would have reason for rejoicing when the rebels were overthrown; and those who were true and loyal...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the king shall rejoice in God: every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. If they cannot be stopped by reason or by repentance, they shall be stopped with a shovelful of earth, for God will stop the mouths of all are in one way or another.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Very hard work to stop it though, for they are always breaking out in a fresh place. They have always some new falsehood. A shovelful of earth will do it, if nothing else will. Let every one here who is accustomed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Now a short passage in the New Testament, about Mary, the sister of Martha. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 63.; Luk_10:38-42; and Joh_12:1-8.