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Psalms 32:6-7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. What a blessed experience that is, — to be surrounded with songs, to hear music on the right and music on the left, singing behind me for mercy...

Psalms 32:6-7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh him. Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 51, 32.

Psalms 32:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. A man, who can pray, shall see even the ocean driven back, as Moses did. If you get nigh to God, and keep nigh to him, the floods of great waters shall never get nigh to you.

Psalms 32:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. “For this” (because of this and for this blessing) “shall everyone that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found.” The pardoning God must be sought. There is an...

Psalms 32:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thou shalt preserve me from trouble; Lord, if thou hast taken away the greatest of all troubles, that is, guilt on the conscience, if thou hast really forgiven me, what trouble have I to be afraid of? “Thou shalt preserve me from trouble.” Psa_32:7. Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah, If thou hast pardoned me, there is...

Psalms 32:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. Here is a threefold declaration: “Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.” “Yes,” says God, “I will;” and now he speaks to his servant. When we...

Psalms 32:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thou shalt preserve me from trouble: thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. The once heavy heart shall dance for joy. The spirit that was so grievously burdened shall take up the note of glad thanksgiving when the Lord’s free sovereign mercy brings forgiveness to his repenting children.

Psalms 32:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thou art my hiding place; Precious words! “Thou art my hiding place,” not “ thou art a hiding place,” but “ Thou art my hiding place.” A man who is beset by foes does not stand still and say, “Yes, I can see there is a hiding place there,” but he runs to it. Beloved, run to your hiding place this evening, each one of you who can have a claim and...

Psalms 32:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. The world is full of music to the man to whom God has said, “I forgive thee.” Do not rest, dear friend, till you really know that you are forgiven; for if you do, you will rest short of all true happiness. But if you have...

Psalms 32:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thou art my hiding place; thou shall preserve me from trouble; thou shall compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. “Thou art my hiding place” — precious words! “Thou art my hiding place”; not “Thou art a hiding place,” but “Thou art MY hiding place.” A man who is beset by foes does not stand still, and say, “Yes, I can see there is a...

Psalms 32:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way, which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Here is another blessing. The God who has forgiven the errings of the past, will preserve us from erring again. God’s flowers always bloom double. He gives us justification; but he adds sanctification. He pardons our sins; but he also makes...

Psalms 32:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go “I have led you so far; I have brought you up out of the horrible pit, and out of the miry clay; I will not let you perish now; I will not leave you to your own folly.” Psa_32:8. I will guide thee with mine eye. It is a very gentle way of guidance when a mistress just turns her eye...

Psalms 32:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. The forgiven man is afraid of going wrong again; he is as anxious about his future life as he was about his past sin. So the Lord meets him, and gives him the gracious promise contained in this verse.

Psalms 32:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. A good servant frequently does not need even a word from her mistress to guide her as to some duty to be performed, or some fault to be avoided; a look is all that is necessary, just a glance of the eye gives the needful guidance. So the Lord says...

Psalms 32:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Here the Speaker is changed. “ I will instruct thee,” I have forgiven thee. “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go.” I have prayed thee back to the way, now I will “teach thee in the way thou shalt go.” “ I will guide...

Psalms 32:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. I have not blotted out thy sins to leave thee to wander back into them again — I will be thy teacher, thy folly shalt not be thy ruin, thine ignorance shall not be thy destruction. I will guide thee — look at me! — “I will guide thee with mine...

Psalms 32:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. “Therefore, keep your eye on me; notice every movement of my eye, and be ready and obedient, at the slightest sign, to do my will.”

Psalms 32:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. When God forgives, he also sanctifies. When he has brought back the sheep that wandered off into the wrong road, he afterwards leads it in the right track. Notice how the Lord says, “I will guide thee with mine eye.” A look from the Lord ought to...

Psalms 32:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. And here the speaker changes: “I will instruct thee”; I have forgiven thee; “I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go.” I have restored thee back to the way; now I will teach thee in the way thou shalt go. “I will guide...

Psalms 32:9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Do you want bits and bridles? If you want them, you shall have them. If you will be a horse or a mule, you shall be treated as horses and mules are. There are some Christians that need to be driven...