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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. David remembers better times that he had enjoyed in the past, and he longs to have them back again. He wants again to know, and feel, and enjoy, all he has ever known, and felt, and enjoyed; and, blessed be God, he will grant us that boon.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Past enjoyment of our Lord’s presence inspires us with earnest desire for fresh manifestations of his face. If we have ever seen God’s power and glory when we have come into the courts of his house, we long to see them again, whether we are in the wilderness or in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. He had seen God in his holy place, and he longs to see him again. They that never knew God do not want to know him. But they that have known him desire to know him more and more. If thou cost not long for the bread of heaven it is because thou didst never taste it. He that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life my lips shall praise thee. “In the wilderness, when my comforts are cut off, when my son, who was my darling, is seeking my life, my lips shall praise thee, for still thy lovingkindness is better than life.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: “Whether I live in a sterile wilderness or in a fertile land, I will bless thee while I live.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Is not that word “lovingkindness” one of the noblest terms in our own or any other language? The word kin is at the root of kind and kindred, so that lovingkindness, lovingkinnedness, or loving-kinness, is such conduct as we may expect from those who are akin to us. God’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. “ Better than life “; and surely life is better than anything else. “ Skin for skin; yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.” Life is better than meat. Life is better than riches; and if the lovingkindness of God is better than life then we have a very high...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: Satisfaction, absolute satisfaction; satiety of every desire, full to the brim to the running...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus will I bless thee while I live: “As long as I live, I will praise thee; every breath of mine shall be perfumed with thankfulness and adoration.” Psa_63:4. I will lift up my hands in thy name. “In astonishment at the power of thy great name, and in confidence will I lift them up when they have been hanging down in weakness. I will go forth in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will lift up my hands in thy name. “I will pluck up spirit; I will begin to pray; I will begin to work. I will look toward heaven: ‘I will lift up my hands in thy name.’”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. “For very joy, I will lift them up, and clap them before thee. Though, aforetime, they hung down, as though I were dispirited, and could never work again, yet now, ‘ I will lift up my hands in thy name.’”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. I will confess thee. I will rejoice in thee. I will work for thee. I will encourage myself in thee. I will lift up my hands in thy name. Are any of you cast down? Do your hands hang down? Then lift them up in God’s name. Nothing else can make you strong. The name of the Lord...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; Orientals, in their feasts, are very fond of fat such as you and I would hardly eat; they think that the choicest part of their diet. So David, using his own metaphor, says that God would satisfy his soul as with the very marrow and fatness of joys. Psa_63:5. And my mouth shall praise thee...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul shall be satisfied with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: There is everything that is satisfactory in God. If we do but enjoy his presence, we cannot lack anything. Are we not put, as it were, into heaven itself when we are brought near to God? Are we not willing to remain for a while on earth, and to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;— God’s flowers always bloom double. God’s blessings are like marrow and fatness; there is in them a double satisfaction of the most intense kind: “My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;”— Psa_63:5. And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: The psalmist speaks as if each...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. God’s people know what perfect satisfaction means. When God reveals his love to them and Christ draws near in the fullness of his grace, then they would not change...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. Of course, in the wilderness, they had to set a watch against Absalom and his men; and David very likely could hear the noise in the camp as they changed the sentries, and marked the hours of the night. “Oh!” said he, “while I lie awake, and the watchers are on guard all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. When one is living near to God, he is not afraid of sleeplessness. He would be glad of the rest that sleep brings, but if he cannot sleep, he finds a sweeter rest in God. I remarked, one day, to one who lives very near to God, that it was a weary and sad thing to lie...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. “Even then shall I have joy, for thy presence makes even the darkness to be light.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. If I cannot see thy face the shadow of thy wing shall be enough for me, for that shall shelter me from all harm and I will, yea I will rejoice. Under the wings we are near the heart of...