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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. Can you say this? Excuse me putting the question again and again to all now present, for it is a very vital question. If you never knew what answered...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. “I will exalt thee, for thou hast exalted me. I will lift up thy praise, because thou hast lifted up my spirits. I will bless thee, for thou hast blessed me,” Our song of praise should be the echo of God’s voice of love. “Thou hast not made my foes...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. The king and the people had been sorely smitten with darkness on account of his sin, but the Lord, in mercy, bade the destroying angel sheathe his sword when he “was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite,” —the very place which afterwards became the site on which the temple was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Here is a double mercy to sing of, — not dead, and not damned. Life spared is something for which to praise the Lord, but to have the soul saved from going down to the pit is a cause of still greater thanksgiving. Oh praise the name...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. David seems to say to the saints, “Do not let me sing alone, but all of you join in the chorus.” He does not invite reprobates to praise the Lord, but he says, “Sing unto Jehovah. O ye saints of his.” I think it is very wrong to have the praises of God sung...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For his anger endureth but a moment; Notice that the words “endureth but” are inserted by the translators, and very properly so; but see how the passages reads if you leave them out: “For his anger a moment,” That is long enough for him to display it, for it is his strange work; and long enough for us to endure it, for it might crush us if it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. It is a pity to say too much; very few people fall into the opposite fault of saying too little. It is always a pity to be counting with certainty upon the future, and presuming, because of the hopefulness of the present, that this state of things will last for ever David was not wise when he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. When God is at cross purposes with his people, they are troubled at once. There is no need for blows, no need for angry words: “Thou didst hide thy face; and I was troubled.” That is enough for a child of God; let him but miss the light of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. What should the child of God do, when he is in trouble, but cry? And to whom should he cry but to his Father?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth? So his prayer was an argument, and that is the very bone and sinew of prayer, — to reason and argue with God. He seems to put it thus, — “Lord, if I lose my soul, thou wilt be a loser, too, for thou wilt lose a singer out of thy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. What a handy prayer this is, a prayer to carry about with you wherever you go! “Lord, be thou my Helper.” That is a minister’s prayer when he was going to preach. That is a Sunday-school teacher’s prayer when going to the class. Is not that a prayer for the sufferer when the pain upon...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness. What a transformation scene in answer to prayer! Notice that David does not say, “I hope that thou hast,” but he puts it thus, “Thou hast — thou hast,” He is quite sure about it; and, being sure of this great mercy, he gives God all the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To the end that my glory- Or, “my tongue” — Psa_30:12. May sing praise to thee, and not be silent. God ought to have praise from us. It is the quit-rent which we pay as tenants to the great Lord of all; let us not rob him of his revenue. Psa_30:12. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; Can we say as much as that? However else this Psalm of David may end, it strikes a grand key-note, that which should be the first indication of our spiritual life, — confidence in God. Here is an ancient weather-beaten saint who, in the very midst of the storm, can say, “In thee, O Jehovah, do I put my trust.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; Is that true of you, dear friends? Never take your trust upon trust, but be quite sure that you do trust in God; if it is so, avow it, and never be ashamed to say, “In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; “
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me. See how logical David is with his “for” and “therefore.” It is the very essence of prayer to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; This is a good beginning; this is the fulcrum which will give us the necessary leverage for lifting any weight of sorrow or trouble that may be burdening us: “In thee, O Jehovah, do I put my trust.” Can each of us truthfully say that to begin with? If so, we may go on with David to the petitions that follow: —...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bow down thine ear to me; “I am very weak, I am also very unworthy; it will be a great instance of thy divine condescension if thou dost hear me; yet I cry unto thee, ‘Bow down thine ear to me;’” Psa_31:2. Deliver me speedily: We may not set the time for God to answer our petitions, yet may we expect that his sure mercies will be swift mercies...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Bow down thine ear to me; “Listen to me, O Lord! Stoop down out of thy glory to catch the faint accents of my sorrowing, almost expiring spirit.” Psa_31:2. Deliver me speedily: “My case is urgent, Lord, for I am in deep distress. Delay will be dangerous, and may be even fatal: ‘Deliver me speedily:’ “ Psa_31:2. Be thou my strong rock, for an house...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me. David is of a logical turn of mind, notice the “therefore” in this verse. What a singular “for” there is here! “Be thou my strong rock,” “for thou art my rock.” What God is already, we may ask him to be. What we believe him to be by faith, we ask him to be...