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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: False gods have been served with discordant yells and cries of agony, but our God is to be worshipped with songs of thanksgiving. Think not that he desires you to come before him with groans and moans: he will hear them if they he sincere, but he would have you raise...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Let every form of melody and harmony be consecrated to him. Give him thanks-giving and thanks-living; and as he is always giving to you, take care that you give to him what you can, — namely, your thanks.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. They did not talk about the “law of nature” in those days. They ascribed everything to God; let us do the same. It is a poor science that pushes God farther away from us, instead of bringing him nearer to us. HE covers the heaven...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, Little children do not think that is a matter for gratitude; they are sorry to see the clouds and the rain, but wise men know how fraught with blessing are the clouds God sends. It is even so in providence and grace. Psa_147:8. Who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. For...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. God, the Infinite One, makes the clouds; not the laws of nature, which are dead, inoperative things without him; but Jehovah himself fashions the clouds, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. Our God cares for the birds and the beasts. He is as great in little things as in great things. Praise ye his name. The gods of the heathen could not have these things said of them; but our God takes pleasure in providing for the beasts of field and the birds of the air. The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. The very best illustration of that verse is to be found, I think, in crows going to bed at night. You may have heard their caws. White says, in his Natural History of Selborne, that a little child said in his hearing, “Hark, father, the rooks are saying their prayers.” It does...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. Unclean creatures though they be, God feeds them. We have known people have only one bird in a cage, and yet forget to feed it; but God has myriads of birds, millions of beasts, and fishes innumerable, yet they are not starved. The commissariat of God never fails: my soul, will he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.— Kings of the olden times rejoiced in the thews and sinews of their soldiers and their horses; but God has no delight in mere physical strength. He takes pleasure in spiritual...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. As the kings did in those days; their infantry and their cavalry were their glory. The Lord does not care for that sort of thing; what gives him pleasure, then? Listen
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. Man boasts of his strength, and he looks at his fine horse, and glories in its strength; but God has something higher and better than sinew and muscle to boast about.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse; he taketh not pleasure in the legs of man. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. Again, you see, it is the same strain; it is not the great things or the mighty things that attract him, but the little things, and the weak things, and the despised things.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. As kings have gloried in their troops, so does God glory in tender hearts that fear him, and that hope in his mercy. I love that double description-“ them that fear him,” “those that hope in his mercy.” There is a mixture there,-fearing and hoping,-but the mixture...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, That is his joy. As a man is proud of his horse, or of the muscles which enable him to run swiftly, so God takes delight in those that fear him, — Psa_147:11. In those that hope in his mercy. These are his jewels; these are his glory.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. Let whole cities join together to praise God. Shall we live to see the day when all London shall praise him? Shall we, ever, as we go down these streets, with their multitudes of inhabitants, see the people standing in the doorways, and asking, “What must we do to be saved?” Shall we ever see...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. Happy Zion, which God secures so well that even bars and posts are finished; not merely walls and gates, but the bars of the gates. There is nothing wanting in the covenant of grace. If the gates need...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, What a blessing this is, not only in a nation, but in a church! If you were ever members of a church where they seemed to quarrel punctually once every month, you would soon...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. There shall be special hallelujahs from God’s own people. His holy city and his holy hill should magnify the thrice-holy God. O beloved, if we are indeed children of that Jerusalem which is from above,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. Our King’s warrant runs everywhere, all over the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. As a nation, we have been greatly prospered, defended, and supplied; and the church of God has been made to stand fast against her enemies, and her children have been blessed.