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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them ! “l love to remember that thou, my God, art thinking of me. I am not distressed or alarmed by that recollection; I do not say, ‘ How terrible are thy thoughts unto me, O God! ‘but, How precious’ — how consoling, how full of promises of blessing to me,’ — are thy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! How many thoughts has God towards us! We cannot count them, and how kind are those thoughts — we cannot estimate them — how precious, how great!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. “Thou hast thought of me when I was asleep, and when I wake, I think of thee.” Happy living, happy dying, to feel that, if we never wake again on earth, we shall wake up with God! How precious it is to think that when good and useful men fall asleep,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. “Whether I sleep or wake, thou art with me; but, better still, I am with thee. Ere I fell asleep, I put my soul into thy hands; and when I awoke, I found it there.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. “Thou dost lull me to sleep, and thou dost awake me in the morning; and when I open my eyes, thou art still there.” Happy believer, who is always with God! Why should not you and I, dear friends, always be consciously in the presence of God? We are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. I suppose I had finished the tale, had counted up all thy thoughts to me, and then fell asleep. I should then but begin to count again, for thou continuest to thrust out mercies from thy hand. My God, my numeration shall never overtake thee, much...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: It cannot be that God, who sees everything, will for ever endure the wickedness of men. It cannot be that he will suffer all crime and villainy and blasphemy to escape with impunity: “Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God.” Psa_139:19. Depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. “I do not want to be with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. “Get you gone, lest, when he comes to smite you, I should have to see you die.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: It cannot be that God has seen all their wickedness, and read their evil thoughts, and yet will spare them. When men offend in the very presence of the judge, it is easy work for him to try them. Psa_139:19. Depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. “Ye men of blood, ye men stained with the blood of your...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. “Surely” — here is a solemn inference from the omniscience of God — “surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God.” Thou hast seen their wickedness. They have committed their wickedness in thy presence. Thou wilt need no witnesses, no jury, thou art all in one. Art thou...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Psa_139:22. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. We are bound to love our own enemies, but we are not bound to love God’s enemies. We are to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. We are to love our own enemies, but we are not to love God’s enemies. We are to forgive our personal...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. David could not bear even the thought that men should insult such a God ; — a want of reverence to the All-seeing One was altogether unbearable to him; so he bade those who were guilty of such wickedness to take themselves away from him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. We are bound to love our own enemies, but not God’s enemies, since they are haters of all that is good and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. We are to love our own enemies, but we are not to love God’s enemies, nor willingly to mix with them. How can Christian men associate with the lewd and irreverent without becoming...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Search me, O God, — Is it not wonderful that what the psalmist started with as a doctrine, now becomes a prayer? Before, he said, “O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.” Now he cries, “Search me, O God,” — Psa_139:23. And know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: Every attribute of God works for the good of those who trust him; if you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. That is a blessed prayer; may God hear it in the case of each one of us, for his dear Son’s sake! Amen.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Search me, O God, and know my heart: “Thou hast searched me, O God; but I pray thee to do it again, and to keep on doing it; never take thy great search-light away from me.” Psa_139:23. Try me, and know my thoughts: “I cannot hide them from thee, and would not if I could.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Search me, O God. and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. May God first make that our prayer, and then graciously hear it, for his great name’s sake! Amen.