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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: “I will be like a child who goes in and out of his father’s door as often as he pleases because he is at home. I will not go there on my own merits, but ‘in the multitude of thy mercy.”’ Psa_5:7. And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. There was no temple on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. David does not say, “ Make my way straight, “ he does not want to have his own way, but he wants to walk in God’s way. Thus sweet submission blends with a desire for perfect obedience: “ Make thy way straight before my face.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;- You cannot expect ungodly men to speak that which is right: “ there is no faithfulness in their mouth; “- Psa_5:9.Their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; Pouring out foul, putrid gas. They cannot speak without using filthy or blasphemous expressions, or if they do,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. “ It does not matter what they do against me; but, O Lord, ‘they have rebelled against thee.’” David speaks here like a judge pronouncing sentence upon the guilty,-not out of malice, but out of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 4, 5.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, “Rebuke me; it will do me good; I need it; but not in anger. Be gentle and tender with me: ‘Rebuke me not in thine anger.’” Psa_6:1. Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. “Chasten me; it may be that the rod will be very curative to me; but let not the chastening be given in thy hot displeasure. Be not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. “Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak.” This was a sweet reason for David to urge: “For I am weak.” He could not say, “For I am worthy.” He would not have dared to say that. He could not say that when he said, “Have mercy,” for mercy is for the unworthy....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul is also sore vexed: That is worse than the bones being vexed. “The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?” Psa_6:3. But thou, O LORD, how long? There is the pith of the prayer. David is troubled because God is away from him; he has lost communion with his Lord; he has got out of fellowship with his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. Will not that prayer suit you who are here tonight, you who are full of sin, and are heart-broken about it, and dread the wrath to come? I put this prayer into your mouths, and pray the Holy Spirit to put it into your hearts: “Oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? As much as to say, “If thou lettest me die, thou wilt lose one singer out of thy earthly choir; but if thou wilt let me live, I will remember thee; I will praise thee; I will give thee thanks.” Do you feel like saying tonight, “Lord, if thou shalt destroy me,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. David was in a very sorry case when he wrote these words. So great was his pain, so acute his sorrow, that all the sluices of his eyes were pulled up, and he seemed to float his bed in tears, and to be like George Herbert when he wrote: — “O who will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; He had almost wept his eyes out; they grew red with his weeping, so that he could not see. Psa_6:7. It waxeth old because of all mine enemies. His eyesight grew dim, like that of an old man. A cataract of grief had put a cataract of blindness into his eyes.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity He wants his God to come to him, so he bids God’s enemies clear out. If we keep company with the wicked, we cannot invite God to our house, and expect him to come. “Depart from me,” says David, “all ye workers of iniquity.” “You who are singing what you call a jolly song, be off with you. You who are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. “I thought at first that he would not take my petition; but I see be stretches out his right hand, he receives my prayer; and if he receives my prayer, I shall soon receive his answer.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. Now let us read the eighth Psalm, in which David expresses great wonder that God, whom he had asked to visit him, should deign to do so. I think I see him sitting with his window open. It is night, and he is feeling better; and he bids them throw open the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? He, whose...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: Man is God’s viceroy. He reigns over God’s works in God’s name. Let him not set up to be a king, and try to usurp the honour of his great Lord, the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. What a king man is! Let him not be cruel to the beasts of the field; let him not be a tyrant; God did not make him for that purpose. Let his reign be generous and kind; and if the animals must...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Thus does the psalmist finish as he began the psalm, by praising the name of the Lord. This exposition consisted of readings from Psa_6:8.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. It will be well if we also resolve that we will praise the Lord. Most people have something or someone to praise, so let us select the Lord, even Jehovah, as the subject of our song. Let us resolve that we will praise him continually, for it may be...