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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: “Will not a father take care of his own children? Does not even the feeble hen cover her chickens with her wings, and will not God cover me with his feathers, and cause me to rest in safety under his wings? Ay, that he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; A true Christian is a man of one idea, but that one idea is the noblest that ever possessed the human mind, or influenced the human heart. This idea is one which not only finds a lodging in his brain, but he carries it on in the practice of his daily life: “One thing have I desired of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. Did David refer to any special spot, or to any one sacred shrine? I think not. He meant that he wished to be always at home with God; and that, you know, we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One thing have I desired of the LORD that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. He only wished to be always like a child at home — live in God’s house —no temporal structure; but wherever he was he wished to feel that he was near to God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: If you live in God, it matters little whether you have trouble or delight, for you shall be hidden in his pavilion. Psa_27:5. In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. There is the pavilion of sovereignty; there is the tabernacle of sacrifice;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: “For”-and this is a reason for dismissing all our fear,-“in the time of trouble he shall hide me.” “I am so little that I may easily be hidden away by one so great as God is. ‘He shall hide me in his pavilion,’ in his own royal tent; and beneath the majesty of his sovereignty my soul...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me: That is, in the holy of holies, into which no man might come. “There shall God hide me, — in the tabernacle of sacrifice, — behind the atonement of Christ.” Thus David had the two blessed protections of sovereignty and sacrifice. Psa_27:5. He shall set me up upon a rock. “His lofty power shall lift...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. The pavilion was the many-colored tent of the king, embroidered with needlework, and richly furnished. It was always placed in the center of the encampment, so that, if there were a night attack, the enemy must first break through the ranks of the armed men before reaching the royal...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. If I dwell with God, he will hide me away in the pavilion of his sovereignty; and, so long as he is King, — and that will be for ever and ever:, — he will not let me perish. His sword and shield shall be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. It is a blessed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me .’ therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. David always comes back to his God; nay, he does not go away from him. Trusting him, praising him, adoring him, — this is the very life of this Psalm, as it ought...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall set me up upon a rock. What perfect security the child of God has; first, in the pavilion of sovereignty; next, in the secrecy of sacrifice; and thirdly, on the rock of immutability! “He shall set me up upon a rock.” Psa_27:6. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: “They may surround me, and threaten me, but they cannot hurt me, for I am living with my God, abiding like a child in my Father’s house.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: He has not done praising before he begins to pray. We are scarcely out of one trouble before we enter into another. This is what keeps Christian people alive, because, escaping from one trial,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
“And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. As David’s trust was in his Lord, all his praise was to his Lord; and where we place our confidence, there let us also display our gratitude. If we trust in men,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. This is a blessed resolution; oh, that you and I would carry it out more and more! David says twice that he will sing the Lord’s praises: “I will sing, yea, I will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice- have mercy also upon me, and answer me. One moment he praises, and the next moment he prays. That is quite right. I have often said to you that we live by breathing in and breathing out; we breathe in the atmosphere of heaven by prayer, and we breathe it out again by praise. Prayer and praise make up the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. I thought you were going to sing, David; but you are at prayer, I see. This is how we live spiritually; we breathe in the air by prayer, and we breathe it out by praise; this is the holy respiration of a Christian’s life. Prayer and praise must be mingled in a divinely...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. “So I answered thee when thou didst speak. Now answer me, O Lord, when I speak to thee.” It sometimes happens that God speaks to us, and we make no reply to him, and for that reason he refuses to hear us when we speak to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear, O LORD, When I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Happy is the man who has a tender conscience, — whose heart is like the waves of the sea, which are easily moved by the breath of heaven; — so that, when God breathes upon him by...