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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me from my persecutors: for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: He asks for deliverance, and it is that he may praise God in it. So ought we always to desire mercies with this in view — that we may praise God the better for them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me. This is a beautiful metaphor, suggesting that, when the saints heard that God brought him out of prison,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That I may praise thy name: As soon as you are set at liberty, you ought at once to let your glad heart magnify the God who has broken your bonds, and brought you out of prison. Psa_142:7. The righteous shall compass me about; This is a beautiful idea, it seems to imply that they would be so astonished to find him at liberty that they would all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me. Lord, if thou art kind to me, all thy people will hear of it. When I get out of prison, they will say one to another, “Such-and-such a brother has got cheered and comforted. His face has changed. He is no more sad”; and they will come round me. They will begin to ask me...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. That is, of course, apart from the wondrous system of justification by faith in Jesus Christ, whereby believers are made the righteousness of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. It is a theory held by some persons of skeptical minds that the only benefit of prayer is the good it does to us. That was not David’s theory. Here, three times, he begs to be heard, and to be answered. Oh! do they think us such idiots...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: “Thy servant I am. I am not one of the ungodly, whom thou wilt judge and cast away, but still even thy servant though I am, enter not into judgment with me. I know thou wilt not judge me now as a rebel, and condemn me, for thou hast put away my sin, but even as thy servant I fear thy chastising rod, if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. Are any of you passing through this trying experience? If so, does it not encourage you to find that somebody else...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. Children of God, do not expect to be always happy, or else you will be disappointed. You will have more troubles, if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. What a sad expression that is! It would be difficult to bring out all its meaning: “My heart within me is desolate;” — lonely, deserted, desponding, despairing, almost destroyed.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. One of the things which God’s people are in the habit of doing, when they are in deep trouble, is to look back upon their past experience. You may have seen the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. This is a gracious exercise, which tends greatly to the comfort of mourners; yet it does not always succeed, for God’s works cannot satisfy us, if God hides himself from us.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. As a child puts out its hand to its mother, so did he stretch out his hands to his God. As a thirsty land chaps — becomes dry — turns to dust in its longing after...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. “My soul seems scarcely such a living thing as a thirsty stag panting for the cooling stream; but, as the parched earth, that cannot call to thee, and yet doth gape with open mouth as if she silently implored the rain, so is it with me.” God sends the dew...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. This is a beautiful prayer, which any one of you might present to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. What a dead “lift” it is sometimes! Yet we must not let our soul...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. “Lest I swoon away — lest I die — lest my hope should utterly expire. Come, Lord: come, Lord, and rescue me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. Very heavy, but I lift it up. With all my might, as though it were a dead lift, I seek to raise it out of its doubt, and out of its sorrow.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. Teach me to do thy will; This is another most blessed prayer: “Teach me to do thy will.” Most of us want to have our own will, and to go our own way; but each one who is truly wise prays to the Lord, “Teach me to do thy will.”