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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They have prepared a net for my steps, my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. My heart is fixed, God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. They hunted him as they spread a snare for a bird, or as they sought to entrap a wild beast by digging a pit, and covering it over that he might stumble into it. David scarcely has time to tell us of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. That is enough for me, I will not stop my singing for all my adversaries. Let them howl like lions, I will sing on. Let them dig their pits, I will sing on. I find this my best employment, to keep on praising my God. “All that remains for me, Is but to love and sing, And...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Let the lions open their cruel mouths, and roar, and let wicked men, “whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword, do their worst against me; let my every footstep be among the nets and pits that they have set and dug to catch me; even in the midst of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. My tongue, the glory of my frame, be not thou silent! Bestir thyself! “I myself will awake early,” or, “I will awake the dawning.” I will call the sun up to be shining; I will bid him wake to shine to the honour of my Lord. With the earliest birds I will make one more singer...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. “I will awake the dawn,” — so the Hebrew has it; — “I will wake up the morning and chide it for being so long in opening its eyes to look upon God’s works. David did this, notwithstanding all the trials of his surrounding circumstances. He calls on his “glory” — perhaps he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. I will make the Gentiles hear it. They that know not the Lord shall be astonished when they hear me praising him, and they shall ask, “Who is this God of whom this man makes so much?”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will praise thee, O lord, among the people: I will sing unto the among the nations. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. Have not some of you found God’s mercy to be “great unto the heavens”? It even seemed to reach above the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Be thou exulted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. God give us that same calm praiseful frame of mind that David possessed if we are called to endure such trials as fell to his lot!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. Waiting upon God, if not true and sincere, is only a mockery; it is also an insult to the Lord; and, so far from bringing us a blessing, it would only bring us a curse. The Hebrew hath it, “Truly my soul is silent before God,” for faith asks no questions, raises no objections, starts no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Truly- Or, as it is in the margin, “Only” — Psa_62:1. My soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. It is a blessed thing to wait truly and only upon God. You have proved everything else to be a failure, and now you hang upon the bare arm of God alone. There is certainly enough for you to depend upon there. Most people want something to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved. He may be moved as an old oak is moved in a storm; its branches are shaken, but its trunk stands fast, and its roots get all the firmer grip upon the soil. He may be moved like a ship which is tossed, but which still doth not drag its anchor, so he can truly say,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved. “Though I have no other shelter, yet,” says he, “God, but God alone, is my rock fortress. Though I have no other deliverer he is my salvation, and though thousands seek to do me hurt, and none will stand up for me, yet he is my shield and my defense.” Then he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. David’s enemies were very many, yet see how he speaks of their enmity: “How long will ye imagine mischief?” He speaks as if it were nothing but imagination, that would never come to anything more; and, blessed be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. See how he laughs at his enemies. He tells them they are like a wall that came over, bulges out, and shakes and totters, with a push, it will go over. “You think that you will destroy me,” says he, “but you will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. This has been the typical character of the enemies of God’s people in all generations, — oily words on their tongues, but sharp daggers in their hearts. If they would speak as they feel, then they would be easily...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. It is a sure proof that they delight in lies because they are guilty of telling them. They can speak soft oily words all the while that they are harboring curses in their hearts. God save us from having a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense, I shall not be moved. Some people only pray if they are in a good frame of mind, but we ought to pray to get ourselves into a good frame. That is what David did. You notice that he improves as he goes on. In the second verse, he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. First he said that his salvation came from the Lord, and now he says that his exultation comes from him. All that he needs, and all that he wishes for, he gets from his God. “Let my foes slander me,” he seems to say, “but, O my soul, do thou wait upon God! Let their tongues keep on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved. Notice how David’s faith grows. In verse 2, he says, “I shall not be greatly moved;” but now he says, “I shall not be moved at all.” What strength faith gives to a man, and what strength prayer gives to a man! We may begin our supplication tremblingly, but as we draw near...