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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: Britain and some of her sister islands shall do homage to this great Solomon. Psa_72:10. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Ethiopia shall stretch out her hands unto God, and men of swarthy skin shall own the King of the Jews as Lord over all.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him,.... Or worship him; not with a civil, but religious worship; for such worship is due to Christ, he being God equal with the Father, and so to be equally honoured; the Creator of all things, the Redeemer of his people, Head and Lord of the church, and whom the angels adore; every part of worship is to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. The Psalmist seems glad to dwell upon that. It seems to be the joy note in his mind — that the great King — the greatest of all kings — will care for the lowly and the humble. Let us...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him that has no helper. That is what we look for as the true recognition of religion. The true recognition of religion in a State is not the setting up of some favored sect to be indulged above the rest, there is something better than that reserved for the Christ of God. He must...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. There is a great future for you, Christians, a glorious future for our holy religion. The handful by the side of the lake shall yet become an all conquering host. As it was when that cake of barley bread fell into the midst of the camp of Midian, and overthrew the tent, so...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth,.... Such as are not only in want, but are sensible of it, see their need of Christ and his righteousness, and salvation by him, and cry to him for the same, under a sense of their misery and danger; these he delivers out of all their troubles, and out of the hands of all their enemies, and supplies...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. Again I remind you that this is the distinguishing mark of the Christ of God, that he has a special eye to the poor and needy.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth, the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. Now, needy one, here is a promise for thee. Is there one here that hath no helper? Then let that one know that Christ is the Friend of the friendless, and the Helper of the helpless.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He shall spare the poor and needy,.... Pity them, have mercy and compassion on them, and sympathize with them; such an one is Christ, a merciful King, as well as High Priest, who is touched with a feeling of his people's infirmities, and who in his love and pity has redeemed them; and shall save the souls of the needy; not to the exclusion of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. And he shall live, They say, “O king, live for ever.” It can never happen to their kings, but to our King it will happen. “He shall live.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. And he shall live, With all our hearts we cry, “Long live the King!” And our King shall live forever; to him alone of all kings may it be truly said, “O King, live forever!”...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence,.... From all the secret and open designs and efforts of their enemies; "from deceit", and deceitfulness of sin and its lusts, so as that they shall not be finally hardened and destroyed by it; from the deceitfulness of the old serpent the devil, and all his cunning wiles and stratagems; and from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. There shall be an handful of corn on the earth- Only a handful! O ye birds of the air, how ye long to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he shall live,.... Either the poor and needy man, saved and redeemed by Christ; he, though dead in trespasses and sins, shall live spiritually, be quickened together with Christ, and by his Spirit, and live a life of faith and holiness; and though dead by law, yet, through the righteousness of Christ, shall have the justification of life, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: He shall have the best the world can find willingly given to him. I am sure that we who know his love think that we have nothing good enough for him. We would render to him all that we have. Psa_72:15. Prayer also shall be made for him continually; With the gold shall come the golden prayer — the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. One of the marks of sovereignty is the king’s visage upon the coinage of the realm, and the use of his name in public prayer; and Christ claims this homage of all his followers: “Prayer also shall be made for him...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
There shall be an handful of corn,.... By which are not meant the people of Christ, compared to corn, or wheat, in distinction from hypocrites, said to be as chaff, Matthew 2:12; who are but few, yet fruitful and flourishing; nor the Gospel, so called in opposition to the chaff of false doctrine, Jeremiah 23:28; nor the blessings of grace,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. It was corn — good seed corn, but there was only a handful of it. So there were saints in the world, but there were very few of them. And where were they? On the tops...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. The cause of Christ in the earth may be so reduced as to be only comparable to a handful of corn, and that handful of corn may be, as it were, sown on the bleak...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Upon the top of the mountains; That is a bad place for corn; surely it will die there; the winter snows will chill it; and, exposed to every stormy blast it will never fill the arm of the reaper. But is it so? Listen: — Psa_72:16. The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: Just as there are peculiar noises heard in a great forest when the wind...