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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. That is all it is, only a puff, — the biggest brag of the wicked, the most tremendous threat against the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; God takes notice of the oppression of poor men, and especially of poor saints when they are tried by the wickedness of the age: “Now will I arise, saith the Lord.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. There is no mistake about the words of this blessed Book. The very words themselves are as accurate, as infallible, as silver is pure when it has been seven times refined by the most skillful...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt beep them, O LORD, thou shall preserve them from this generation for ever. The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men are exalted. Now let us read in Jeremiah’s prophecy, chapter 8. Remember, dear brethren, that Jeremiah had the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. When sin gets into the high places of the earth, then it becomes very abundant. Every evil man takes liberty to creep out into public life when some great leader in vice occupies the throne. God save...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? When you and I have to spread our complaints before God, we are not the first who have done so. When we complain of God’s forsaking us, we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; When it is dark, very dark, we get drowsy. Sorrow induces sleep. Remember how the Saviour found the disciples sleeping for sorrow. Therefore David asks for light. Light will help him to keep awake, and he fears to sleep, so he prays, “Lighten mine eyes, lest I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and these that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. But what a precious “but” this is! You can hear the chain rattle as the anchor goes down to hold the vessel.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. What a climb there is, in this Psalm, from the abyss of sorrow up to the summit of joy! “I will sing unto the Lord because he hath dealt bountifully with me.” I hope many of us know what this blessed change...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. He was a fool to think it. He was not fool enough, however, to say it except in his heart. Fools have grown more brazen-faced of late; for now, they not only say it in their heart, but they say with their tongues, “There is no God.” Oh, no; I have made a mistake! They do not call them “fools” now;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. David represents God looking from the battlements of heaven upon our fallen humanity; and at the time when he looked, he could see none that understood him, or sought...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. “That was in old Testament times,” says one. If you turn to the Epistle to the Romans, you will find that Paul quotes it as being true in his day. It is always true, and it always will be true, apart from the grace of God: “There is none that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? Are they all so foolish? Psa_14:4. Who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. They think nothing of God’s people. They could swallow them at a mouthful, they so despise them. Notice, that, whenever a man despises God, he soon despises God’s people; it is only natural that he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There were they in great fear: What, these very people who would not call upon God! Were they in great fear? Yes, God can bring great fear upon the men who seem most bold. It is noticed that the boldest blasphemers, when they become ill, are generally the most timid persons. These are the people who begin to cry, and give up what they boasted of,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. They mocked at the idea of a mans trusting in God for his daily bread, or trusting in God for his eternal salvation; but, mock as men may, there is no other refuge for a soul but God. When the floods are out, there is no safety but in the ark with God. Oh, that men would trust...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. May that time soon come! Amen. This exposition consisted of readings from PSALMS 12, 13, and 14.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Ah, brethren! When we think of our daily dangers, and when we remember the sinfulness of our nature, this petition may well be our frequent prayer: “Preserve me, O God;” and this may well be our plea, as well as the psalmist’s: “for in thee do I put my trust.” We do trust in the name of the Lord,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Notice how the psalmist urges the prevailing plea of faith. A trusted God will be a preserving God. If thou, believer, canst truly say that thou art trusting God in any time of trouble or danger, thou wilt be safe enough in his keeping.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; but to, the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. “My God, I would fain prove my gratitude to thee if I could; but what can I do for One so great as thou art? Thou art infinitely above me; thou needest nothing at...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; but to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, is whom is all my delight. “I cannot do thee any good, thou art too great to need anything from me; but I may be the means of blessing to thy people, thy saints may reap some little benefit...