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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints;they are preserved for ever:but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. I have frequently remarked to you that, although the wolf is very strong and fierce, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. That which is down in the heart will come up into the mouth, and you may rest assured that men are fairly judged by the common current of their conversation.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. You may often judge a man by his mouth. The physician looks at the tongue to see how the man is; and so is a righteous man known by his mouth and his tongue, for he talks of judgment.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The law of his God is in his heart, none of his steps shall slide. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. How dreadful it would be for the godly man if the Lord were to leave him in the hand of the wicked! You remember how David sought to avoid that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut of, thou shalt see it. I have seen the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: It is not the result of their own goodness or merit; but it is wholly “of the Lord.” Righteous men are saved men because the Lord saves them by his grace, and that is where they put their confidence.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: That is why they are not cut off like the wicked, because God’s salvation is in them. They would pass away, they would be but the mere dream and phantom that the prosperous wicked ones are; but God himself...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. Have you not proved it so, dear brethren and sisters in Christ? I know that you have had times of trouble, but has not God been your strength in a very peculiar...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He is their strength in the time of trouble. Dwell on that sweet short sentence. Not only does the Lord give them strength, but he himself “is their strength in the time of trouble.” He is so near to his people that all the omnipotence of his Godhead is theirs. Are you in trouble just now, dear child of God? Well, you have strength enough to carry...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. That is the main point: “they trust in him.” One of the descriptions of Abraham is this, “Abraham believed God,” and therefore he had God for his shield and his exceeding great...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD shall help them, — Do you want anything more than this great promise? You have a heavy load to carry, but it is nothing to him who is omnipotent: “The Lord shall help them,” — Psa_37:40. And deliver them: He shall help them while they are in the trouble, and bring them out of it in due time. Psa_37:40. He shall deliver them from the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD shall help them,- He is and he shall ever be their Helper: “The Lord shall help them,”- Psa_37:40. And deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. That is the point,-not because of any merit of theirs, nor because of any skill of theirs, but “he shall deliver them from the wicked, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: “If thou dost rebuke me, O Lord, do it gently! Be not very angry with me, for I cannot bear it, I shall die under it. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath.” Psa_38:1. Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. “Chasten me, it will do me good; it is needful; it is profitable; but not in thy displeasure, certainly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. “If thou dost rebuke me, do it gently, O my Lord! If thou dost chasten me, let not thy displeasure wax hot against thy servant.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thine arrows stick fast in me, Does God shoot at his own children? Yes, but only that he may kill the sin in them; and he knows how to make his arrows stick, and stick fast, too, in his own dear children. The Lord hates sin with a perfect hatred. Even when sin was laid on Christ, even though it was none of his, yet the Father forsook him. He...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. God may aim his arrows even at his own children, and he may lay his hand very heavily upon those whom he deeply loves.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; He felt as if his very flesh was decaying, rotting, dissolving, and that there was no soundness in it. When God deals with men in a way of anger, they cannot stand against him any more than the wale can resist the heat of the furnace. Beware, I pray you, that you provoke not God’s eternal...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. David was under the afflicting hand of God even with regard to his bodily disease. He could have borne the pain if it had been merely physical; but there was a sense of sin mixed with it which made it sting him in his very soul.