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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Through thy precepts I get understanding: — The practical parts of God’s Word not only appeal to our understanding but they give us understanding. That is a marvellous thing, but it is true. Sometimes, when you are arguing with a man who is dull of comprehension, you are apt to say, “Well, I can give you arguments, but I cannot give you an...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. It shows me the way; it cheers me in the way; it reveals to me the difficulties of the way.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often called to go out into its darkness; let us never venture there without the light-giving word, lest we slip with our feet. Each man should use the word of God personally, practically, and habitually, that he may see his way and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. God’s Word is full of brilliance; it is always giving out its blessed light. It casts a light upon all our daily life. It is a light for the house, and a light for the way, and happy is the man who never walks abroad without this lantern to light up his pathway. There are many pitfalls on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. Are any of you afflicted tonight? I commend this prayer to your use. One would have expected that David would have prayed, “I am afflicted very much: comfort me, O Lord.” Or, “Relieve me, O Lord.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. Under the influence of the clear light of knowledge he had firmly made up his mind, and solemnly declared his resolve in the sight of God. Perhaps mistrusting his own fickle mind, he had pledged himself in sacred form to abide faithful to the determinations of his God....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. I scarcely remember ever hearing of a man swearing, and then approving of it, but this kind of swearing is right enough: “I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.” We are to determine, with the most vehement resolution, that, God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. According to the last verse he had been sworn in a soldier of the Lord, and in this next verse he is called to suffer hardness in that capacity. Our service of the Lord does not screen us from trial, but rather secures it for us. The Psalmist was a consecrated man, and yet a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am afflicted very much:- Here is a good man, a better man than most of us, a man who is determined to do right, yet he gets into trouble because he is determined to do right. God’s wheat will be threshed, his gold will be put into the furnace. If you were worth nothing to him, God might not take the trouble to afflict you; but when you are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined mine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. He offers prayer, praise, confession, and testimony — these, presented with his voice in the presence of an audience, were the tribute of his mouth unto Jehovah. He trembles lest these should be so ill uttered so to displease the Lord, and therefore he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,-“ My prayers, my praises, my testimonies, my ministries, accept them all, O Lord,”- Psa_119:108. And teach me thy judgment. He who teaches others needs teaching himself. He who hopes that what he says will be accepted by those who hear it opens his ear to hear what God says to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. He lived in the midst of danger. He had to be always fighting for existence — hiding in caves, or contending in battles. This is a very uncomfortable and trying state of affairs, and men are apt to think any expedient justifiable by which they can end such a condition, but David did...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul is continually in my hand: David’s life was often in jeopardy. Saul hunted him as a partridge upon the mountains. He was sometimes very sick, and ready to die. Perhaps also, at times, he was in such great sorrow that he felt as if his soul was a thing that he held in his hand. We do not know exactly where our soul is, but we usually think...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Spiritual life is the scene of constant danger. The believer lives with his life in his hand, and meanwhile all seem plotting to take it from him, by cunning if they cannot by violence. We shall not find it an easy thing to live the life of the faithful. Wicked spirits and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. “If I had done so, I should have been caught in their snare, but as I kept straight on in the way of thy precepts, it little mattered how many snares they laid for me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. He chose them so his lot, his portion, his estate; and what is more, he laid hold upon them and made them so, — taking them into possession and enjoyment. David’s choice is our choice. If we might have our desire, we would desire to keep the commands of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever:- Some take their own thoughts for their heritage, but it is a poor portion for anyone to have. Some take other men’s philosophies for their heritage, but such a heritage as that is soon gone. But some of us can say, with regard to the eternal and immutable truth of God, that we have got such a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end. He was not half inclined to virtue, but heartily inclined to it. His whole heart was bent on practical, persevering godliness. He was resolved to keep the statutes of the Lord with all his heart, throughout all his time, without erring or ending. He made it his end to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statues always, even unto the end. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. Notice that the word “vain” is not in the original, the psalmist wrote, “I hate thoughts,” yet the word for thoughts includes the idea of mere thoughts. So, if any teaching in the world is the result of human thought alone, you...