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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 92 A Psalm [or] Song for the Sabbath day. Many of the Jewish writers (a) think that this psalm was written by the first man Adam, and so the Targum, "a hymn or song which the first man said for the sabbath day.'' But had it been a composure of his, one would think it should have been placed at the head of this collection of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,.... For all mercies, temporal and spiritual; for Christ, and salvation by him; for the Gospel, and for Gospel opportunities and ordinances; for, such days and seasons this psalm was composed for. It is "good" so to do, for it is the will of God that we should in and for every thing give thanks; it...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
It is a groundless opinion of some of the Jewish writers (who are usually free of their conjectures) that this psalm was penned and sung by Adam in innocency, on the first sabbath. It is inconsistent with the psalm itself, which speaks of the workers of iniquity, when as yet sin had not entered. It is probable that it was penned by David, and,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: It is good in itself; it is good for those who hear it; but it is especially good for our own hearts to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto the name of the Most High. Sometimes, when we are very heavy in spirit, if we would take care...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, or JEHOVAH. It is good ethically, for it is the Lord's right; it is good emotionally, for it is pleasant to the heart; it is good practically, for it leads others to render the same homage. When duty and pleasure combine, who will be backward? To give thanks to God is but a small return for...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,.... God has shown forth his lovingkindness in Christ, and Christ has shown it in a ministerial way; and saints should show it forth also with their lips, to warm the hearts of one another, and encourage distressed minds; this should be a part, and a considerable one, of their thanksgiving and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithful every night, Begin the day by setting forth the Lord’s lovingkindness. It was his lovingkindness that watched over you when you lay unconscious and defenseless, and could not therefore protect yourself; it was his lovingkindness that drew wide the curtain of the night, that touched...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Upon an instrument of ten strings,.... An harp of ten strings, as the Targum. The harp invented by Terpander had only seven strings (c); according to Pliny (d); Simonides added the eighth, and Timotheus the ninth; but this of David was of ten strings: and upon the psaltery; of which [See comments on Psalms 33:2], "upon the harp with a solemn...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. Under the old dispensation, instrumental music seemed more congruous than it does now with the spiritual worship into which we have been introduced. If we must ever have instrumental music in our worship, let it be the same the very same as David had; and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work,.... Either of creation, which work is mentioned in the precept of the sabbath, as an argument for it; and therefore a very proper work to be remembered and observed on that day; or of providence, which in general extends to all men, but especially to them that believe; or of the work of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. There is a blessed verse to come from the heart and mind of a happy man who is praising God, and who looks on all the works of the Lord, in creation, providence, and redemption, and makes them all the subject of his joyous doing.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O Lord, how great are thy works!.... Of nature, providence, and grace, both for quantity and for quality, for number, excellency, and glory, as they are a display of God's wisdom, power, and goodness; see Psalms 104:24, and thy thoughts are very deep; his counsels, purposes, and designs, they are unfathomable and unsearchable; see 1 Corinthians...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. There is little that we know of the thoughts of God except as we gather them from his works or learn them from his Word, “ for what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him ? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.” It is by...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
A brutish man knoweth not,.... The lovingkindness of the Lord, and his faithfulness, nor how to show them forth, nor his great works and deep thoughts; man was made originally far above the brute creatures, and had them all under his dominion; but, sinning, became like the beasts that perish; and is in Scripture often compared to one or other of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. He looks at nature, and as he sees its varied operations, he observes certain eternal law as he calls them, but he does not see the power at the back of those laws which makes the laws potent for the government of the world. Nay, he lives and walks where God has displayed his power to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When the wicked spring as the grass,.... Out of the earth, as they do, and are of the earth earthly, and become numerous as spires of grass, and look pleasant and beautiful for a while, as that does; but, like it, weak and unstable, and of a short continuance: and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; in the health of their bodies; not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When the wicked spring as the grass, — Numerous, fresh, vigorous, — Psa_92:7. And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: That is the end to which they will surely come, no matter how much they boast, nor how they grow and flourish till they seem, like the grass in the meadow, to cover everything,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But thou, Lord, art most high for evermore,.... God is "the most High"; that is one of his names; he is above all, is higher than the highest; and he dwells on high, and looks down upon the inhabitants of the earth, and sees what is doing among them; and to him they will be accountable another day for what they do; and when wicked, men perish,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. The psalmist began by calling the Lord most high, and now he says that he is “most high for evermore.” Yes, this is our joy that God never passes away; he abides for ever. Myriads of the ungodly have come and gone, empires of wickedness have risen to great power, and in due time have passed away like...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord,.... The particle "lo", or "behold", is not used for the sake of God, but for the sake of men; to excite their attention, and to observe unto them that those who are everlastingly destroyed are the enemies of the Lord; who are enemies in their minds by wicked works, yea, enmity itself against God; and therefore their...