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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. Observe that all David’s enemies could not make him weep. Mad as they were against him, they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. Their rage was unrelenting and unceasing, and vented itself in taunts and insults. With his inward sorrows and outward persecutions, the psalmist was in as ill a plight as may well be conceived.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. My days are like a shallow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. This is a telling description of all-saturating, all-embittering sadness; and that was the portion of one of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. That was David’s usual way, to comfort himself in his God when he could find no comfort in himself or in his surroundings. You remember that he did so on that memorable occasion when Ziklag was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. All things else are vanishing like smoke, and withering like grass; but, over all, the one eternal, immutable light shines on, and will shine on when all these shallows have declined into nothingness.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. God is sure to bless his Church when the members of it take a deep interest in even the least things that appertain to God’s cause: “Thy servants take pleasure in her stones,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. They delight in her so greatly that even her rubbish is dear to them. It was a good omen for Jerusalem when the captives began to feel a homesickness, and began to sigh after...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. It was to God’s glory for him to build up the ancient Jewish kingdom, and it is equally to his glory to build up his Church at the present time, quarrying the stones of nature, changing them by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. He will not treat their pleas with contempt; he will incline his ear to hear, his heart to consider, and his hand to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. There is a gracious promise for all destitute souls who cry unto God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. This is written for our comfort, dear friends; there it stands permanently, in this blessed Book, that, as long as there is a destitute and tried people of God, he will not despise their prayer.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. A note shall be made of it, for there will be destitute ones in future generations, — “the poor shall never cease out of the land,” — and it will make glad their eyes to read the story of the Lord’s mercy to the needy in former times.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; As if God was looking down from the battlements of heaven, observing, watching for something; and what is it that God is looking for?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; to declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. He weakened my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; Is not that a delightful view of God? Watching, not for the music of sweet singers, nor for the noise of victorious warriors, but for “the groaning of the prisoner”, the sight of those shut up in the condemned cell, “appointed to death.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. It is most instructive to notice how the psalmist ascribes all to God, not only his strength, but his weakness; not merely his extended life, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment, as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. Of old hast thou laid the foundations of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The children of thy servants, shall continue, We pass away, but our children take our place. As Wesley said, “God buries his workmen, but his work goes on.” One generation passes away, but another comes in its stead. Psa_102:28. And their seed shall be established before thee. Blessed be the name of the ever-living God!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.