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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A broken and a contrite heart, O God thou will not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Now that he feels himself forgiven, be begins to pray for the good estate of the Church of God and the Lord’s people everywhere. We cannot do that when sin is breaking our bones; but when we get peace and rest,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. There must be great sacrifices of joy when great sin...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. When we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. This is a blessed end to David’s mournful Psalm. He felt that his sin had a tendency to do injury to the Church of God, — that he had, in fact, pulled down the towers of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: David seems to say, “Whatever thou doest with me, O God, do bless thy people!”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The sacrifices of God are a broken Spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. There are some spices that are never perfect in fragrance till they are pounded with the pestle in the mortar, and so is a broken heart. If it be made to suffer and to smart, yet there is sweet pleasure to the Lord when he perceives in his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering, and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. If sin is pardoned, we may offer to God anything that we can, and he will accept it; but first of all we must get...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. “My sin has helped to pull them down, and so has done great mischief; but, O Lord, wilt thou not undo the mischief that I have done, and build again the walls of thy Zion?”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon shine altar. Once get your sin forgiven, and then God will accept your sacrifices. Then bring what you will with all your heart, for an accepted sinner makes an...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. Notice this. David felt that he had done something to pull down the walls of Zion. His bad example would do...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. As much as though David said, “I have done great hurt to Zion, I have pulled down the walls of Jerusalem by my sin; now, Lord build them up again; undo the mischief which thy poor foolish servant has wrought by his backslidings.” So may any backsliders amongst us pray to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. Now turn to the prophecy of Zec_12:10. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 51; and Zec_12:10-14;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. Gratitude ascends when sin is forgiven, and when God appears to bless his church, then she blesses her God. This...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. Never do men give so freely to the cause of God as when they are rejoicing over pardoned sin. Keep a deep sense of your indebtedness to God alive in your soul, and you will feel that you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. Oh, yes, we are sure to bring to God the best that we have when we once get our sins forgiven. After we have looked to Christ, who is the one great sacrifice for sin, then we bring to God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give ear to my prayer, O God; All the saints pray. There is no exception to this rule. And in their times of trouble they pray with greater vehemence than ever. They delight in prayer. But observe how eager they are that God should hear them. It is not praying for praying’s sake — for the use of good words only. “Give ear to my prayer, O God.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Attend unto me, and hear me: That is three times he thus implores God to give him a hearing. It reminds me of that Gethsemane pleading of our Lord when thrice he prayed using the same words. Here David begins — makes his exordium in prayer with a threefold cry to God. “Give ear to me; hide not thyself from me; attend unto my prayer, and hear me.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because of the voice of the enemy, He can speak, and speak clearly too. Malice is never short of language, “because of the voice of the enemy.” Psa_55:3. Because of the oppression of the wicked: The best men have often been the most oppressed of men. Men have often spoken worst of those who have deserved the best. David is in that plight, and so...