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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These may be called very properly morning and evening Psalms. The third Psalm is the morning Psalm. A psalm of David when he fled from Absalom, his son. A dark hour that for David, preceded by the shadows of his own sin, and now deepened by the horrible hatred of his own favorite child, who conspired to take his kingdom and his life. Psa_2:1. LORD...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear me, when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. Past experience is a sweet solace in the hour of trouble. “Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress.” Think of what God has been to you, you tried ones, for he will be the same still. And can he have taught you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. Good men want to be heard when they pray, they are not satisfied with merely praying, they must have God’s answers to their supplications. See how David pleads the past mercy received from God: “ Thou hast enlarged...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O ye sons of men, how, long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. How long will ye take to lies? How long will you abuse a character which deserves not your censure? How long will you pour contempt upon God, whom you ought to serve? But know He talks to them as if they did not know, while...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? How long will you slander me, how long will you slander God, how long will you turn the gospel into ridicule, how long will you resist the Spirit of God? Psa_4:2. How long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? That is, after falsehood, after lying? Why do men seek after falsehood?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: He has marked him out to be his own peculiar treasure. “The Lord’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.” Now if God has marked out his people to be his own, he will defend them. He will guard them against every adversary. They shall not be destroyed. Psa_4:3. The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: You cannot hurt him, for God has hedged him about. You may say what you please against him, but God loves him, and will take care of him. Psa_4:3. The LORD will hear when I call unto him. What a sweet assurance! O brethren, the mercy-seat is always open to us! It will be a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. Tremble and sin not. Unhappily, there are many that sin and tremble not. They reverse the text. A trembling saint is often all the more saint because he trembles. Tremble and sin not. If there is not a mixture of prayer with our hope and our confidence, it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Stand in awe, and sin not: This is good advice to ungodly men; let them feel aright the awe of God presence, and they must turn from sin. Holy reverence is a great preservative from sin. Psa_4:4. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Hold private communion with yourself, in a private place, at a private hour. “Be still.” We are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, Bring your prayers, your praises. Present to God your hearts, your love, your trust.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And put your trust in the LORD. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Gaping about for some good thing; thirsting — they know not what they are thirsting for. “Who will show us any good?” Come from the east, or the west, or the north, or the south; only bring us something that promises pleasure, and we are your men. There be many that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Is not that what many of you are saying tonight? You know what you want. You know that there is nothing else that will satisfy you. “Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.” We are not well. Lord, we ask thee that it may be well between our souls and thee. This exposition...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. This is a capital rule for the whole of life. Serve God, and trust in him; do what is right, and rest in the God of right. Psa_4:6. There be many that say, who will shew us any good? We all want to see anything that is really good, we do not care who shows it to us, even if it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. The harvest and the vintage were the two seasons of greatest joy in the East, they shouted “Harvest Home” with gladness that the fruits of the earth had again been ingathered, and they drank the new wine, and danced for joy; but David says to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. He who has Jehovah as his God is at home even when he is abroad, he is well guarded even when he has none upon earth to protect him, and he can go to sleep in calm confidence when others would be disturbed in mind and too timid to close their eyes. This...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Sometimes we pray right off, as David did when he cried to the Lord, “Hear me when I call.” At other times, we sit down to meditate, and think over what we want to say to the Lord in prayer, as David did when he said, “ ‘O Lord, consider my meditation.’ What I have considered do thou consider.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hearken unto the voice of my cry,- “When I have not confidence or comfort enough to present a well-ordered prayer to thee; but, like a child in pain, cry unto thee, ‘Hearken unto the voice of my cry,’”- Psa_5:2. My King, and my God: What! will a king hearken to a cry? Men generally prepare elaborate petitions when they come into the presence of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; “When the dew is on all nature, and on my spirit too, then shalt thou hear my voice in prayer. Before I go out into the world, my first thoughts shall be of thee.” Never see the face of man, beloved, until you have seen the face of God. Psa_5:3. In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. In both of these Psalms there is a clear line drawn between the righteous and the wicked, this is a line which still needs to be kept very clear, and we must all seek to know on which side of that line we are.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. These are strong words, but not too strong, God is not tolerant of evil and those who are most like him in other respects will be like him in this matter also.