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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: “I will be like a child who goes in and out of his father’s door as often as he pleases because he is at home. I will not go there on my own merits, but ‘in the multitude of thy mercy.”’ Psa_5:7. And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. There was no temple on...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness,.... Not in mine, but thine; in the righteousness of God, which is revealed in the Gospel, from faith to faith, and is imputed by God, and received by faith; in this righteousness the psalmist desired to be led into the house of God, and appear before him; nor is there any other righteousness in which man can...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. David does not say, “ Make my way straight, “ he does not want to have his own way, but he wants to walk in God’s way. Thus sweet submission blends with a desire for perfect obedience: “ Make thy way straight before my face.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth,.... In the mouth of the ungodly, as the Chaldee paraphrase; in the mouth of every one of them, as Aben Ezra interprets it: that is, in the mouth of every wicked, bloody, and deceitful man; of everyone of David's enemies, as Saul, or the conspirators with Absalom his son. There was no steadfastness in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;- You cannot expect ungodly men to speak that which is right: “ there is no faithfulness in their mouth; “- Psa_5:9.Their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; Pouring out foul, putrid gas. They cannot speak without using filthy or blasphemous expressions, or if they do,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Destroy thou them, O God,.... Or "make them guilty" (q); that is, make them appear to be guilty, either to themselves, that they may acknowledge their offences, confess their guilt, and ask for pardon; or to others, pronounce them guilty, pass the sentence of condemnation on them: and the Chaldee paraphrase and the Syriac version render it by חיב,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. “ It does not matter what they do against me; but, O Lord, ‘they have rebelled against thee.’” David speaks here like a judge pronouncing sentence upon the guilty,-not out of malice, but out of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice,.... Who trust not in themselves, in their own hearts, in their righteousness, or riches, or strength; but in the name, righteousness, and strength of the Lord: who betake themselves to him, and put all their confidence in him: let them rejoice in the salvation of the Lord, and in hope of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 4, 5.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous. As he has blessed him with a righteousness, even the righteousness of God imputed to him, by which he is denominated righteous, and with the forgiveness of his sins; so he will bless him with peace and prosperity, with all spiritual blessings, with the blessings of grace here, and glory hereafter. Hence he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 6 To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David. What is designed by "the chief musician", and what is meant by "neginoth", have been observed preciously, [See comments on Psalms 4:1]. As for "sheminith", it seems to be one particular sort of the "neginoth", or stringed instrument, which this man had the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, The Lord sometimes rebukes or reproves men by his spirit, and sometimes by his word and ministers, and sometimes by his providences, and that on account of sin; to bring to a sense and acknowledgment of it; and particularly for remissness in duty, or neglect of it; and for trusting in the creature, or in any...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
David was a weeping prophet as well as Jeremiah, and this psalm is one of his lamentations: either it was penned in a time, or at least calculated for a time, of great trouble, both outward and inward. Is any afflicted? Is any sick? Let him sing this psalm. The method of this psalm is very observable, and what we shall often meet with. He begins...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, “Rebuke me; it will do me good; I need it; but not in anger. Be gentle and tender with me: ‘Rebuke me not in thine anger.’” Psa_6:1. Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. “Chasten me; it may be that the rod will be very curative to me; but let not the chastening be given in thy hot displeasure. Be not...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. Having read through the first division, in order to see it as a whole, we will now look at it verse by verse. Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger. The Psalmist is very conscious that he deserves to be rebuked, and he feels, moreover, that the rebuke in some form or other must come upon him, if not for condemnation, yet for conviction and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Have mercy upon me, O Lord,.... He knew he was a sinner, both by original sin and actual transgression, which he was always ready to own; he knew that what he had done deserved the wrath of God, even his hot displeasure; and that for such things it came upon the children of disobedience: he knew that there was mercy with God through Christ, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. “Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak.” This was a sweet reason for David to urge: “For I am weak.” He could not say, “For I am worthy.” He would not have dared to say that. He could not say that when he said, “Have mercy,” for mercy is for the unworthy....
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak. Though I deserve destruction, yet let thy mercy pity my frailty. This is the right way to plead with God if we would prevail. Urge not your goodness or your greatness, but plead your sin and your littleness. Cry, "I am weak," therefore, O Lord, give me strength and crush me not. Send not forth the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
My soul is also sore vexed,.... Or "exceedingly troubled" (c), and even frightened and thrown into a consternation with indwelling sin, and on account of actual transgressions, and by reason of the hidings of God's face, and through the temptations of Satan, and because of the fear of death; to which Old Testament saints were very incident. But...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul is also sore vexed: That is worse than the bones being vexed. “The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?” Psa_6:3. But thou, O LORD, how long? There is the pith of the prayer. David is troubled because God is away from him; he has lost communion with his Lord; he has got out of fellowship with his...