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Psalms 32:11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. Godly men ought to be glad men. They have a right to be happy. They recommend the gospel when they are so, and they are the true sons of the King of kings when they do not go mourning all their days.

Psalms 32:11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. The Psalm began with blessedness, and it ends with holy gladness. It was needful to go down into the Valley of Humiliation for a while, but the Lord brought the psalmist up to the mountain top again, so that he felt that he must have others to join...

Psalms 32:11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. “Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous.” Be glad. Well, but you cannot always be glad, says one. “ Be glad in the Lord: you may always be glad in him. Here is an unchanging source of joy. “Rejoice, ye righteous, and shout for joy.” Here,...

Psalms 32:11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. “Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous.” Be glad. Well, but you cannot always be glad, says one. “Be glad in the Lord”; you may always be glad in him. Here is an unchanging source of joy. “Rejoice, ye righteous, and shout for joy.” Here is...

Psalms 33:1

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. False gods were worshipped with dolorous sounds, accompanied by cutting with knives and with lancets; but our God is the happy God, and he would have his people happy. “Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous.” The praises of God are very beautiful when they are sung by holy...

Psalms 33:1

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. Notice the connection between the words “rejoice “and “praise.” Joy is the soul of praise. God is not extolled by our misery, but by our holy mirth. Be glad in the Lord, for so can you make him glorious. “Rejoice and “praise “, “for praise is comely for the upright.” Praise...

Psalms 33:2-3

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise. Under a dispensation of types and shadows, the use of musical instruments seemed to be necessary and suitable; but in the early Christian Church, in her purest ages, these things were discarded...

Psalms 33:2

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. In the old days of forms, and ceremonies, and outward worship, musical instruments were abundantly used; but in the early Christian Church there was no such thing as a musical instrument, because the believers were afraid of going back to Judaism. It is...

Psalms 33:3

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Sing unto him a new song; For, you see, that all the music had singing with it. “Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him “Sing unto him a new song.” “Unto the Lord, unto the Lord, Oh, sing a new and joyful song!” It was only as it guided and strengthened the singing that the instrumental music was tolerated even in those early days. Psa_33:3....

Psalms 33:4

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For the word of the LORD is right; Praise him for his Word, then. It is truth, it is righteousness. If we had nothing else but the Bible for which. to praise God, there would be reason enough for giving him endless praise for bestowing upon us such a priceless treasure. Psa_33:4. And all his works are done in truth. Praise him for his providence....

Psalms 33:4

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For the word of the LORD is right; Let us praise him for his Word. Men are depreciating it; let us appreciate it. “The word of the Lord is right:” from the first page to the last it is right, emphatically right; let us praise him for it. Psa_33:4. And all his works are done in truth. The book of providence is full of truth; oh, for grace to read...

Psalms 33:5

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. You would think, from the way in which most people talk, that the world was full of misery and full of the anger of the Lord; but it is not. Notwithstanding all the evil that is in it, it is still true that “the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.”

Psalms 33:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. They did not grow out of something that was there before; they were made out of nothing “by the word of the Lord.” All the hosts of stars innumerable were created “by the breath of his mouth.”

Psalms 33:7-9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. These are simple but grand words. The work of creation was very wonderful, and it was all wrought...

Psalms 33:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. We know not how much God hath in store, out of sight, in the vast abysses; but we know that he drowned the world when he broke up the fountains of the great deep.