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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the Lord will not cast off his people,.... The people whom he has foreknown, his chosen people, whether among Jews or Gentiles, Romans 11:1, his covenant people, whom he has given to Christ, and who are redeemed by his blood, and called by his Spirit and grace: these, though he may not arise immediately for their help; though he may withdraw...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. If any of you are deeply troubled, I counsel you to get a hold of this promise. Perhaps it seems to you as if two seas of sorrow had met around you and that you were in a whirlpool of trouble; then I say again, lay hold of this text, and grip it firmly: “Jehovah...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the LORD will not cast off his people, He may cast them down, but he will never cast them off. Psa_94:14. Neither will he forsake his inheritance. Even men will not give up their inheritance. This is especially the case among the Jews; you remember how Naboth would not sell his inheritance, he would sooner die. And the Lord will not forsake...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But judgment shall return unto righteousness,.... Which may be understood either of the judgment and righteousness of God, which seemed to be parted, and stand at a distance from each other; his conduct and government of the world from his justice; the righteous being persecuted and afflicted, and wicked men suffered to prosper; which sometimes...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will rise up for me against the workers of iniquity? Well, David, you may ask the question; but we cannot tell you who among your fellow men will stand up for you. It sometimes happens that God’s people...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. The wicked may be the upper spokes of the wheel just now, but they will be the lower spokes before long. Truth may be in the mire today, but she shall be upon them tomorrow. The revolutions of the wheels of providence produce strange changes. Wait; work;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?.... These are the words of the psalmist, representing the church of God, under sore persecutions from the antichristian party; called "evildoers", because of their thefts, murders, idolatries, sorceries, and all manner of wickedness committed by them, Revelation 9:21, intimating that she had looked...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? The psalmist appeals for helpers, but he gets no response from man; and sometimes the man of God will have to stand alone, and that is an education for him. Blessed is he who has learned to hang on the bare arm of God; he is better off...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Unless the Lord had been my help,.... Against her enemies, which were so many and mighty, and her friends so few and feeble, and having no heart to defend her cause; especially this will be the case at the time of the slaying of the witnesses; but the Lord will appear, and help her; the Spirit of life, from him, shall enter into them, and cause...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. If it had not been for God, he would not only have had no hand to help him, but not even a voice to speak for him. He might not have suffered quite in silence, because he would have himself spoken; but what he would have said would only have made the matter worse. What would he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. You may be one of the best of God’s servants, and yet that may be your experience. Here is another piece of testimony in which many of us can join: —
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When I said, my foot slippeth,.... There is no ground for me to stand upon; all is over with me; there is no hope nor help for me; I am just falling into ruin and destruction: such will be the desperate case of the church, at the time before referred to: thy mercy, O Lord, held me up; the extremity of his people is the Lord's opportunity; then is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I said, My foot slippeth; “It is going, it is gone; my foot is now slipping,” — what then? Psa_94:18. Thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. God is grand at holding up his people in slippery places, and not only in slippery places, but when their feet actually do slip. When they think that they are gone, they are not really gone. “Underneath are the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. “My foot had slipped from under me, I was down; and then, even then, thou didst put underneath me thine everlasting arms. ‘Thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.’”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
In the multitude of my thoughts within me,.... The word for thoughts is used of branches of trees, thick and entwined, and so denotes perplexed and distressing thoughts; such as good men sometimes have concerning God; his awful and tremendous majesty; the perfections of his nature, particularly his power, purity, and holiness; concerning their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the multitude of my thoughts within me — “I cannot collect my thoughts, they will not be gathered into orderly array, they rush to and fro, there is a multitude, a mob of them.” It is good to have thoughts, but sometimes you may have too many of them; and they may come helter-skelter, blasphemous thoughts, perhaps, despairing, proud,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. “My thoughts” — so some read this verse, — “seem intertwisted and interlaced like the many boughs of a tree. I cannot make them out myself, they are in such a tangle.” But the bird has learned to sit among the boughs, and sing: “Thy comforts delight my soul.” There are...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee,.... Or "be joined with thee", be "partner with thee" (f), as antichrist affects to be; who may well be called "the throne of iniquity", since the dragon, the old serpent, and Satan, gave him his power, seat, or throne, and great authority: his coming is after the working of Satan, with all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? Oh, how strong are the wicked! They think they can have everything all their own way, that they can make what laws they like, and crush out anything that they despise. Yes, there are many thrones of iniquity, but God has no fellowship with them; and if God has...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? Lord, art thou on their side? Oh, no, and as thou art not on their side, I care not who is. So long as thou wilt not aid iniquity or help wrong-doing, I will fight the battle through.