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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Shall they escape by iniquity? is thine anger cast down the people, O God. Thou tellest my wanderings: David’s was a life of wandering, from the sheep-folds to his father’s house, then to the palace of Saul, then to the camp of Israel, then to the palace again, then to the cave Adullam, then among the Philistines, — I scarcely remember all the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.? They sought to cast him down, so he prayed to the Lord to cast them down, and we know how graciously the Lord answered his supplication.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Put thou my tears into thy bottle:- This is thought by some to have been an allusion to an old Roman custom of catching the tears of the friends of the dying in a lachrymatory, or small bottle, and then burying them in their tomb. I see no reason to believe that David meant anything so absurd. There is probably a very much better meaning than that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? David was such a wanderer at that time that he might not remember all the places where he had hidden away from Saul, but God had a record of them, and even of his tears: “are they not in thy book?” There is nothing that concerns the Lord’s chosen people that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: “When I cry, they shall fly, So swift is prayer to reach the ear and heart of God, and so kind is God to me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This I know; for God is for me. In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Thy vows are upon me, O God: “I am bound to praise thee, I am bound to love thee, and I will, come what may.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. David’s confidence in God was not misplaced, he who can truthfully say, “God is for me,” need not fear however many may be against him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. He repeats the declarations he made in verse 4; such holy confidence may rightly be published again and again. It is most pleasing and honouring to the Lord, and it is most likely to lead other tried...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will render praises unto thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 56, 57.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy vows are upon me, O God I will render praises unto thee. David had not forgotten the vows that he had made unto the Lord. Vows should not be lightly made; but, once made, they should be sacredly remembered, and faithfully performed.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? So the Psalm ends, as it began, with prayer, a prayer that was most graciously answered, as we can see if we turn to Psa_116:8-9 : “Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
1. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. The heading of this Psalm — “To the chief musician, Aitaschith Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave,” — tells us when it was written. It is one of David’s “...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be merciful unto me, O God — He begins with the same note as in the last Psalm; it is a note that cannot be too often on the believer’s tongue: “Be merciful unto me, O God,” — Psa_57:1. Be merciful unto me: As an old writer says, “The tongue of the bell strikes on both sides, and the note is the same in each case, ‘Be merciful unto me, be merciful...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpass. I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. “That perfecteth all things for me,” so it may be read; “that perfecteth all his mercies, all his promises, — and that will perfect all that concerneth...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: He pleads twice; for his was an urgent case. He would have the Lord help him at once; for, perhaps, if the Lord’s mercy came not to him at once, it would be too late; so he cried, “Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me.” Psa_57:1. For my soul trusteth in thee: This is the feather on the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. Faith is never dumb; true faith is a crying faith. If thou hast a confidence in God of such a kind that thou dost not need to pray, get rid of it; for it is of no use to thee; it is a false confidence, it is presumption. Only a crying faith will be a prevailing faith. “I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. If he cannot find any means upon earth for saving David, he will send from heaven to do it; but he will save him. God is sure to find an ark for his Noahs if the floods should cover the whole earth; and when they cannot be preserved any longer on the earth,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Yet, notice that David says, “I lie” there, that is the emphatic word; and the force of that word conveys this idea, “I recline there; I feel at ease, notwithstanding the danger of my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. David so rises above his present circumstances that he begins to praise his God. O beloved, there is no condition in which God ought to be robbed of a song! What if I am sick? Yet my Lord must have my music, even if the harp-strings are not well tuned. What if I am...