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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, He sees the great host of the regenerate, the twice-born, who shall be saved through his death. Psa_22:31. That he hath done this. It would be a very literal translation if I read these last words thus “It is finished.” Thus the Psalm ends, and so ended the great sacrifice of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. Can you say that for yourself, dear friend? There is the sweetness of it. The words in themselves are noble, but it is the experimental acquaintance with their meaning which is the real honey of life. If thou canst use...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. How can a sheep want when it has a good and wise shepherd able and willing to provide for it: and how can a believer want when he has God himself, the ever-gracious and omnipotent Lord of all, to forestall his needs and to prevent him from ever knowing what want means? David does not say, “I shall have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is my Shepherd; — What a precious title the psalmist used in speaking of his God! It is right to call the Lord a Shepherd. “The Shepherd of Israel” is a very blessed and true title for him, but “my Shepherd” is best of all. I wish beloved, that each of you would truthfully say, with David, “’The Lord is my Shepherd.’ He owns me; and as I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is my shepherd; All true rest begins with Jesus, as all the comfort of the sheep is provided for their by their shepherd. “The Lord is my shepherd.” Is it so? Canst thou look up, poor defenseless sheep, and say, “The Lord is my shepherd”? Then comes the blessed inference: — Psa_23:1. I shall not want. I do not want, I cannot want; I never...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the path of righteousness for his name’s sake. Here are four blessed things that the Lord does for the believer. “He maketh me to lie down:” he gives me rest, perfect rest and he gives me so much spiritual provision that I am...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: Here is blessed rest, and here is also gracious provision for the needs of the sheep. The pasture is sweet and tender, and there is so much of the green grass that it cannot all be eaten, and the superabundance makes a soft bed for the tired sheep: “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.” Repose, O...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness — “In each one of them; he is my Exemplar in every virtue, for he himself has endured all temptations that are incident to my life’s pathway; and, all the way, ‘he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness’” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: I am so weak that I even need God’s help to enable me to lie down, but “He maketh me to lie down.” Yes, the rest of the soul is so hard to attain that nobody ever does reach it except by the power of God. He who made the heavens must make us to lie down if we are really to rest. What delightful rest it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his namesake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For his name’s sake. “Not because of any goodness in me, but because of the goodness that is in him, and for the glory of his holy name, ‘he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness.’” “Also, ‘He restoreth my soul.’ When I wander, he restores my soul to the right road. When I become empty, he stores my soul again with good things; he restoreth my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He restoreth my soul: He can do it at once. He restoreth now. He is a restoring God. “He restoreth my soul.” He brings my wandering spirit back when I forsake his ways; and having done that, he leads me, even more carefully than before, for a second time we have the psalmist’s declaration, “He leadeth me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: Though death’s shadow hovers all around me, and damps my spirit, though I feel as though I must die, and cannot bear up under present trial any longer, “Yea, though I walk,” for I do walk I will not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, though I walk- Yes, though I walk, not only though I shall walk, but though I do walk now- Psa_23:4. Through the valley of the shadow of death, Though, long before I die, I seem to learn what death means in the cold chill that takes hold upon my spirit, and freezes all my joy, — Psa_23:4. I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: “Not only shall there be none, but I will fear none.” A sense of the Lord’s presence lifts a Christian above even fear. You know how often it is true that we “feel a thousand deaths in fearing one.” But if we have a sense of our Saviour’s presence, when we do really...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou art with me; Should a sheep fear when the shepherd is with it? What cause has it to fear if that Shepherd is omniscient, omnipotent, and full of tenderness? Psa_23:4. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thy rule and thy correction: thy rod, with which I sometimes am made to smart; thy staff, with which I am supported. These are my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: See what cool, calm courage David here displays. Usually, when a warrior is in the presence of his enemies, he just eats a bit of bread, or something that he can swallow while getting ready for the fight that is impending. But David took matters much more quietly than that. Though...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: How calmly the psalmist writes! He realizes that he has enemies, yet he means to sit down to a feast; he is not going to snatch a hurried mouthful or two, but “a table” is “prepared” for him as though for a banquet. His enemies may look on while he is feasting, but they cannot take...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: There is a fight going on, and there are enemies all around. You do not generally have tables set in the hour of battle; but God keeps his people so calm amid the bewildering cry, so confident of victory, that even in the presence of their enemies a table is spread with all the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: I shall never be able to outrun the goodness and mercy of my God. I shall always have closely attendant upon me his goodness to supply my needs, and his mercy to forgive my sins. Psa_23:6. And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. This exposition consisted of readings...