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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And see if there be any wicked way in me, “Lord, look for the dross, to consume it; look for the spots, to wash them away.” Psa_139:24. And lead me in the way everlasting. “Amen,” — our hearts say, “Amen, — so let it be.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; He is wicked at heart, and violent in his temper. Whenever we meet with such an adversary, we have good reason to cry to God: “Deliver me: preserve me.” Yet, if we must have enemies, we prefer that they should be bad men; we do not wish to have a child of God against us; if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Which imagine mischief’s in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. It goes hard with a peace-loving man — a man of quiet spirit, — when he is beset by those whose very heart is set on mischief, and who cannot meet one another without conspiring to prepare for some fresh form of battle.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah. Before a serpent strikes any object, its tongue is in quick motion. If you ever see a cobra when he is angry, you will notice that his tongue darts to and fro, as if impatient to sting; and the psalmist here, writing of the tongue of the ungodly, remarks...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have planned to overthrow my goings. The proud have hid a snare for me,- “They have put it where I cannot see it; I do not know where it is, nor what it is; but know that they want to lead me into such sin that they can afterwards turn round upon me, and accuse me...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And cords; they have spread a net by the wayside;- “ Close to where I am walking, so that, if I go even an inch out of the way, I shall be caught in it. They seem to be tempting me in my usual course of life: ‘They have spread a net by the wayside;’” — Psa_140:5. They have set gins for me. Selah. As men try to ensnare poor birds in all kinds of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: Ah! that was the right thing to do, — to leave the ungodly and their traps, and go straight away to God: “I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord. O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. “When the darts flew thick and fast, and when the battleaxe came down with a mighty crash, ‘ Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.’” This Psalm reminds me of that passage in the song of Deborah and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. If it seemed that God’s providence was helping them against the righteous, they would be too proud to be borne with; they would lift up their heads on high, and say, “See how God is with us, how he permits us to have our way.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. This may be read as a prophecy in the future tense: “The mischief of their own lips shall cover them.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let burning coals fall upon them :- Or, “Burning coals shall fall upon them.” Psa_140:10. Let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. The Psalmist doubtless had before his mind’s eye the picture of Sodom, where burning coals fell on the guilty cities, and where men stumbled into the fire, and when they tried to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: Neither shall he be; the man who is glib of tongue, and who uses that facility of speech for the destruction of the characters of godly men, shall never be established. Psa_140:11. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. His own dogs shall eat him; he was a huntsman against the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. We may always leave such matters with the Lord. God is the poor man’s Executor, and the proud man’s Executioner. He will take care of the oppressed, and such as are down-trodden.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. Now let us read the next Psalm, which is to much the same effect. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 140, 141.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. You see how a child of God prays when he is in trouble. David says, “I cry unto thee,” and then the second time, “I cry unto thee.” And he cried for God as well as to him: “Make haste unto me.” The very best thing you can do, when you cannot help yourself, is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. David was probably far away from the tabernacle, and he could not join in presenting the morning or the evening sacrifice there; but he prayed God to let his prayer be such a sacrifice: “Let it be sweet as the perfume of the smoking spices...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Our mouth is a door, and it needs a watchman, and there is no watchman who can keep it except God himself: “Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity : and let me not eat of their dainties. That last petition is a very proper one; we are neither to think the thoughts of the wicked, nor to practice their ways, nor to enjoy their pleasures: “Let me not eat of their dainties.” There are certain amusements...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness :- You see, dear friends, David cries out against slander, he cannot bear that wicked men should lie against his character; but he says, “I do not want to be let alone where I am in the wrong; I do not wish to be flattered: ‘ Let the righteous smite me.’ He is the man who ought to do it. When I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. Wicked men often will not hear the gospel; but when they get into trouble, then they will. When their judges are overthrown in stony places, then they begin to be willing to hear what good men have to say. A bitter world makes a sweet Word; and when...