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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They gather themselves together,.... As "in troops" (h), as the word signifies; in great armies; so the antichristian kings and states will, at the instigation of Popish emissaries; see Revelation 16:17, against the soul of the righteous; or "the life" of them; in order to take away their lives; to cut them off, root and branch, and destroy at...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. Agreed about nothing else, they all agree against Christ and against the holy seed: “the soul of the righteous.” They would blot out the righteous from under heaven if they could.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge. He gets away unto his God as he had been accustomed to hide in the cave of Adullam out of reach of his foes; and then he sits down in peace to sing.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the Lord is my defence,.... The defence of his church and people, of all the righteous, against those great armies of their enemies that gather together against them: the Targum, in the king's Bible is, "the Word of the Lord shall be my weapon:'' and my God is the rock of my refuge; to whom recourse is had for shelter from the enemy, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. I commend these expressions to all believers, let them treasure them up. “My God.” Ah, you must personally appropriate God to yourself if he is to bless you! Another man’s God is nothing to you unless you can also say, “My God.” When you have said, “My God,” you have uttered the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity,.... The just punishment of it; or cause the mischief they designed to others to fall upon themselves; or make retaliation to them; that whereas they had drank the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus, blood should be given them to drink; or their own blood should be shed, Revelation 16:6, the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, That is the punishment of sin. It seems strange that it is so, but sin is the punishment of sin. When a man has once sinned, it is part of his punishment that he is inclined to sin again, and so on ad infinitum. “He shall bring upon them their own iniquity.” Psa_94:23. And shall cut them off in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.