3563 matching verse commentaries
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. This is David first, but it is Christ high above...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. For the Lord is our defense; and the Holy One of lsrael is our king. Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. This is the very marrow of the gospel; this is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: with whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. The full power of God is with Christ. That same arm, that bears the earth’s huge pillars up, and spreads the heavens abroad, is engaged on behalf of the cause and kingdom of the Son of David.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: David was the means of bringing great blessings to the people over whom he ruled. God blessed the whole nation through him, and the covenant made with David was virtually a covenant made with all the people of Israel. In like manner, he covenant made with “great David’s greater...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. The omnipotence of God is manifested in Christ, for he is “the power of God” as well as “the wisdom of God.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him, He had enough of that when he was upon the earth; but it is all over now. He has gone into his glory, and the enemy cannot touch him now.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers. Do not believe, dear friends,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. “The son of wickedness” did afflict David for a while, but afterwards he came to the throne, and ruled gloriously over God’s ancient people. So is it with our covenant Lord and King. The wicked cannot now exact upon him, nor afflict him; he sits upon the throne in glory far...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him, There is the portion of all haters of Christ. God will, somehow or other, in the order of his providence bring the evil home to them. If they will not have God’s Son, they shall not have his mercy; they shall, sooner or later, be beaten down before his face.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. Who can ever stand up in opposition to Christ? He is that stone of which he himself said, “Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. He shall reign “from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.” We may go on to fight for him, for his triumph is sure.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. God is ever with his Son, Jesus Christ, in the plenitude of his faithfulness and mercy, to make him a continual blessing to his people.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. Our King is a great King, and he rules over sea and land; there is no bound to his dominions, and there will be no end to his righteous rule.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. So he is. Firstborn among men, firstborn of kings, his throne is loftier than the most imperial power on the earth. Blessed be his name! Let us adore him tonight; and here, in the midst of his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. If his children forsake my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. All God’s children are a praying family, and his only-begotten and well-beloved Son sets a noble example in this respect as well as in everything else. He is still the great Intercessor before the throne of his Father.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. Christ is indeed “higher than the kings of the earth,” for he is “King of kings and Lord of lords.” Do not your hearts rejoice as you think of this blessed King with whom God has entered into a covenant to bless all who are trusting in him, even the very poorest and feeblest of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. There can never be an end to the throne of Christ, for his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; and there can never be an end to the family of Christ, for his seed shall endure for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; then- “Then”-what? “I will destroy them, and sweep them away for ever”? Oh, no! “Then”-