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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them:- The icebergs float southward, and are melted. The rivers that had been held in chains of ice leap into liberty, and all at the word of the Lord: “He sendeth out his word, and melteth them.” Psa_147:18. He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. “This is the result of the laws of nature.” So say...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. His own soft south wind comes, and the fetters of frost dissolve, and the waters flow. It is the Lord that doeth it all. He is not far from any of us; therefore let us not forget him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. This is something greater than all his wonders in nature. The God of nature is the God of revelation. He hath not hidden his truth away from men. He hath come out of the eternal secrecies, and he hath showed his word, especially his Incarnate Word, unto his people. Let his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statues and his judgments unto Israel. And we have come into the place of Jacob and Israel, even we who have believed; for Abraham is the father of believers, and we are his spiritual seed according to the promise. So we have to bless God that he has showed unto us his word, his statutes and his judgments.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He showeth his word unto Jacob, — Observe that, when God’s people know God’s Word, it is as much the work of God as when the waters are loosed from their bands of ice. Psa_147:19. His statutes and his judgments unto Israel. The Lord does it according to his own sovereign will.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. The rest of the world can only see him in nature, but his own people see him in revelation, in the movements of his Holy Spirit.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He hath not dealt so with any nation: Or, with any other nation. He revealed his statutes and his judgments to Israel; and since their day, the spiritual Israel has been privileged in like manner: “He hath not dealt so with any nation.” Psa_147:20. And as for his judgments, they have not known them. Even today there are large tracts of country...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He hath not dealt so with any nation: There are no other people who know the Lord as God’s people do; and remember, they constitute one nation. We are Englishmen, perhaps, or Americans, that is a skin-deep distinction: but if we are in Christ, we are one family, we are of that one peculiar nation which, all over the world, is distinct from every...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. -Praise ye the LORD. Here, you see again, is a peculiar reason for thanksgiving: “Praise ye Jehovah.” “It is good to sing praises unto our God, for he hath dealt with us in a special manner, with peculiar and discriminating grace. ‘He hath not dealt so with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. Therefore, ye who are favored with his special manifestations of love, take you up the joyous song even if others do not. Hallelujah! “Praise ye the Lord.” Now let us read in the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 26, beginning at the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise ye the LORD. Hallelujah! Psa_148:1. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: Begin the song, ye holy angels before the throne; lead us in praise, O ye glorified spirits above! Psa_148:1. Praise him in the heights. Sing aloud, ye that sit at God’s right hand in the heavenly places; let the highest praises be given to the Most High
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. Shine out his glory. Ye are but dim reflections of his brightness; yet, praise ye him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise him, ye heaven of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Stored up there for man’s use and benefit. Ye clouds that look black to us, and yet are big with blessings, praise ye the Lord. See, beloved, how the song comes down from the praises of the angels nearest the throne, to the glorified saints, then to the sun, and moon, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. He hath also established them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. Or, pass away. Now the psalmist begins at the bottom, and works up to the top.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Right down there, however low the caverns may be, let the strange creatures that inhabit the secret places in the very bottoms of the mountains and the depths of the seas, — let them send out the deep bass of their praise.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapor; stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: If you cannot praise God by soaring up like eagles, if you feel more like the creeping things of the earth, still praise him. There is something very pleasant in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise ye the LORD. The Psalm ends, as it began, with Hallelujah! “Praise ye the Lord.” This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 148; and Luk_1:5-35; Luk_1:46-56.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, You have had new mercies from the Lord; give him in return a new song. You have a new apprehension of his mercy, you who live under this gospel dispensation have something more to sing of than even David experienced; therefore, “sing unto Jehovah a new song,”-throw your hearts into it; do not let...