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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. If David wrote this Psalm after the rebellion of his wicked son Absalom, I think there is an instructive illustration here. You remember that, when the troops went out from Mahanaim to fight with Absalom,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. Two iron hands are trying to pull him down, but he cries to God, whose one almighty hand can set him free.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hated of the unrighteous and cruel man. For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. Happy is the man who can truthfully say that, “Thou art my trust from my youth.” God does not cast off his old servants, as men often do. Those who give him the best of their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth. Happy man that can look back upon a youth spent in God’s fear; for if we have trusted God in our youth, depend upon it, he will never cast us away.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. When we could not help ourselves, in the very moment of our birth, God took care of us; and he will take care of us even to the end. Men and women who are old should remember how carefully the Lord nursed them...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. We do not think, as often as we should, of what we owe to God for his care over us at the time of our birth. Our mothers returned thanks on their own behalf and ours; but, as we look back, we are bound to return...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am as a wonder unto many; They cannot make me out, I am a blessed problem and puzzle to them: it seems so strange that being so much afflicted I am yet so much upheld. Psa_71:7. But thou art my strong refuge. Aye! There is the answer to the riddle. If God be with us, men may well wonder; but he will always help us.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am as a wonder unto many; A prodigy to some, a monster to others, a marvel, a mystery, a riddle to all, but here is the solution to the problem that puzzles so many: — Psa_71:7. But thou art my strong refuge. Even the weak are strong when God is their refuge; the most defenseless are safe when God is their defense. Wonder not at the mysterious...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am at a wonder unto many, but thou art my strong refuge. Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. For mine enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. Cast me not of in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. A prayer which both young and old may offer, for if we live long enough, that time of weakness will surely come on. There are many men who do cast off their old servants; but God does not. When we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. What a blessed mouthful, and what a sweet mouthful this is, and what a blessed means of keeping the mouth from saying unkind, slanderous, or murmuring words!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, When the lion is sick, every cur is bold enough to bark at him. Men were afraid of David when he was strong; but when he grew feeble, they began to howl at him, and gather...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For mine enemies speak against me and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. If they had possessed even ordinary compassion, they would have said, “Since there is none to deliver him, let us not attack him. If God has forsaken him, he is in misery enough, so let us try to comfort him.” But, instead of doing this, they acted after the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. Notice the still more intense grip of faith in the second clause. The psalmist first says, “O God,” then he says, “O my God.” It is grand pleading when we so grasp God with the personal grip of faith that we cry, “O my God, make haste for my help.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O God be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my hell. Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. But I will hope continually, and will yet raise thee more and more. How was he going to do it? Already his mouth was filled with God’s praise, so,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. Hoping and praising are among the very best styles of living. Hoping honours God in secret, and praising honours him in public. Oh, for more of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. When David spoke of those who hated him without a cause, he said that they were more than the hairs of his head. He could not count them, but he went as near to doing so as he could; but when he began to speak of God’s mercies as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. I will go in the strength of the Lord God:-“ This shall be my praise; my very movements, my goings, my progress shall be in the ‘strength of the Lord God’”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will go in the strength of the LORD GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. He did not reckon that any other righteousness was worth mentioning; —and certainly not his own. The best of men, those who have been the most noted for their good works, have always been the first to feel that they had no works in which they...