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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in — Thine early days of youth, when thou art going out into life; and thy coming in, when the older days creep over thee, and thou art coming in to God and heaven; thy going out into business, and thy coming in to private devotion. Psa_121:8. From this time forth, and even for evermore. Let us,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. “I was glad for my own sake, for I hungered and thirsted to go into the house of the Lord; I was glad for the sake of those who offered to go with me, for I delight to see in others a longing desire to profit by the means of grace; I was glad when they said unto me, ‘Let us...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. I was glad for their sake, glad to think they were so willing to go. I was glad also for my own sake, for I was glad to go, too.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: So is every true church of God when it is in a healthy state. There are no divisions, no schisms: “Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together.” It is not a long straggling street, a dislocated village; but all the houses are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Happy men who were citizens of such a city! Happy worshippers coming together to the place whose very name signifies the vision of peace, the metropolis of God, type of the New Jerusalem which is from above!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Not a conglomeration of huts, but builded as a city with substantial structures; and not a straggling city, like some we read of, that have been called “cities of magnificent distances,” but it was “compact together.” Happy is the church that is at peace; blessed are the people who are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. We should go up to the house of God, then, for two purposes, first, “unto the testimony of Israel;” that is, to hear what God testifies to us, and also publicly to testify our confidence in him; and, next, we should go up “to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. The Church is the point of meeting: “Whither the tribes go up.” The Church is the place of “testimony,” and saints go to hear testimony, and they go to bear it. I wish there was more of this bearing testimony among Christian...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. The preaching of the gospel is like the setting up of a throne of judgment, “for the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: Ask that she may be free from persecution without, and from anything like disturbance within: “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.” Psa_122:6. They shall prosper that love thee. Neglect of the means of grace is the death of all soul-prosperity; but an earnest love to the house of God, and all who belong to God, will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. If any of the people had been wronged by the petty magistrates, they went up to Jerusalem, and made their appeal to the king. Here may we bring our suit before God, and order our case before him, for he is true and just, and nothing shall go amiss that is left with him....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. Now let us read a short passage out of the Gospel according to Luke. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 122 and Luk_18:1-14.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palace. The psalmist bade us pray, and now he himself prays. He who bids others do a thing should be prepared to set the example.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now pray, Peace be within Thee. Let us say it, for the sake of beloved ones in heaven, and dear ones on earth who are on the way thither, “Peace be within thee.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. Not only pray for it, but work for it, give for it, live for it: “I will seek thy good!” God bless to us these two Psalms and put us all in a right state of heart tonight! Amen. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 121, 122.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, Instead of looking downward in despair, or looking to the right hand or to the left to human confidence, or looking within in pride, “Unto thee lift I up mine eyes,” — Psa_123:1. O thou that dwellest in the heavens. It is always delightful to the Christian to remember what the title of his God is: “Our Father, which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Our eyes are far too apt to look below, or to look within, or to look around, but it is wisdom on our part to look up. There is always something blessed to see upward, especially when we look up to him who dwells in the highest heavens, — our Father, our Saviour, our Comforter....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. The servant looks to his master’s hand for direction and for support. If he has a work to do that is too heavy for him, he looks to his master to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. This is what we are looking for, — the mercy of the Lord our God. It comes from his great heart, through his almighty hand. A wave of his hand is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. The best thing that the best of men can ask for, is God’s mercy; and that mercy is so great even to the heavens, that, under the weariness of trials and troubles, it is a sufficient help for them. When we are not only in contempt, but even filled with...