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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Behold, O God our shield,.... Which may be considered either as the character of God, who is addressed, who was David's shield, and the shield of his people, to protect and defend them from their enemies, and is the shield of all the saints; this favour encompasses them as a shield, and his truth is their shield and buckler; his veracity and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. Jesus is the “shield” of his people, and he is “anointed” for his people and there is, in Jesus, so much of all that is good that, when the Father looks upon us in him, he can see goodness even in us poor sinners, for the goodness of Christ overflows to us, and is accounted ours.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. We hold up Christ before his Father, and say to him, — “Him, and then the sinner see; Look through Jesus’ wounds on me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. Look upon the face of Christ, O God, for he is “thine Anointed” ! “Him, and then the sinner see; Look through Jesus’ wounds on me.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand,.... "One day"; so the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; and so the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, interpret it; one day in the house of God, in the world to come, so Arama: though rather reference is had to the seventh day sabbath, then in being; and which with the psalmist...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. Of course, the psalmist means that a day in God’s courts is better than a thousand spent anywhere else. See how he contrasts nearly three years with a single day, and he might have gone even further, and said, “Better be one day with God than a thousand years without him.” He gives us another...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. May all of us know that blessedness, for our Lord Jesus...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. He means, of course, better than a thousand spent anywhere else. Psa_84:10. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. “I had rather dust the mats in thy house than sit on Satan’s throne; I had rather wash the feet of thy saints, or perform any...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. That is, better than a thousand days spent anywhere else. Feasting and rioting with the ungodly are not worthy to be compared with feasting and praising in the courts of God’s house. Psa_84:10. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. I hope...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. That is, better than a thousand spent anywhere else. You see, we have not yet come to the country where we can keep at God’s public worship all the year together, we have to get it a day at a time. Have you not often wished that there were seven Sundays in the week? I am sure that you have when...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the Lord God is a sun and shield,.... Christ is "the sun of righteousness", and it is in the house of God that he arises upon his people with healing in his wings, Malachi 4:2 he is like the sun, the great light, the fountain of light, the light of the world, that dispels darkness, makes day, and gives light to all the celestial bodies, moon...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. He will never walk uprightly unless he does trust in the Lord, neither will he receive the fullness of the blessing except as he learns to trust to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory : no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Let us share that blessedness, dear friends, and be as happy as we can by trusting in the Lord of hosts as he deserves to be trusted.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Take notice of the whole of that last sentence; do not go and quote half of it, and say, “God has promised that he will withhold no good thing.” It is only promised to “them that walk uprightly”; and if you walk...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee,.... For grace and glory, and every good thing; that trusts in the Lord at all times, and not in the creature, or in an arm of flesh; but in the Lord of hosts and armies, in whom is everlasting strength, and is the sun and shield of his people: happy are such that trust in him, whether they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. May all of us know this blessedness! Amen.