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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; but to, the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. “My God, I would fain prove my gratitude to thee if I could; but what can I do for One so great as thou art? Thou art infinitely above me; thou needest nothing at...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; but to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, is whom is all my delight. “I cannot do thee any good, thou art too great to need anything from me; but I may be the means of blessing to thy people, thy saints may reap some little benefit...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth,.... Who are sanctified or set apart by God the Father in election; whose sins are expiated by the blood of Christ in redemption, and who are sanctified or made holy by the Spirit of God in the effectual calling; and who live a holy life and conversation: these are said to be "in the earth", not to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Their sorrows shall be multiplied,.... Not the sorrows of the saints and excellent ones, by seeing the idolatry of men, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but the sorrows of such [that] hasten [after] another [god]; a false god, an idol, to serve and worship it; for, generally speaking, idolaters are more forward, eager, and hasty to attend a false...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. He who sincerely loves the true God cannot have any regard for his rivals; he will have no communion with false gods in any shape or form.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. We must be faithful to God, to the God revealed to us in the Book of God, the God of the Old Testament of the New Testament, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. We must keep to him, not...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The Lord [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup,.... This is said by Christ as a priest, and in allusion to the Levitical priests, who had no inheritance in the land of Canaan with their brethren, but the Lord was their part and portion, and their inheritance, Numbers 18:20; and it expresses the strong love and affection Christ had for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: That is the believer’s portion,—his God. The Levites, as a tribe, had no inheritance in the land of Canaan; but God was their portion, and who shall dare to say that they had not the best of it? Now, child of God, if you could have your choice, what would you choose,—goods or God? Earthly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. One of the great houses of nobility has for its motto the words, “I will maintain it.” But David’s is a better one: “Thou maintainest my lot.” God is the best Defender that his people can ever have.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places],.... The allusion is to the measuring of land by lines, and appropriating each part to the proper owners; and lines design the land that is measured out by them, and here the church and people of God, the chosen ones who are given to Christ, as his portion and inheritance; and the sense is, that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. The Jewish rulers stretched the measuring or dividing lines over the plots of land that fell to the different members of the family; but here the man of God declares that, since God was his portion, the lines had fallen to him in pleasant places. There is no choice of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The lines are fallen into me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. Many of us have proved this to be true in our experience. May we continue gratefully contented and more than contented, delighted with whatever God appoints for us!
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will bless the Lord,.... As prayer, so thanksgiving belongs to Christ, as man and Mediator; see Matthew 11:25; and here he determines to praise the Lord, and give thanks to him for counsel and instruction: who hath given me counsel; for though he himself is the Counsellor, with respect to his people, yet as man he received counsel from God, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: “He has talked with me, checked me, rebuked me, instructed me, encouraged me: ‘I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel.’” That does not, at first sight, look as if it were one of the choicest of blessings, yet the psalmist mentions it immediately after he has declared that the lines have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. I have set the LORD always before me? “In my acts by day, and my thoughts by night,”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I have set the Lord always before me, Not his fear only, or the book of the law, as Jarchi interprets it, but the Lord himself; or, "I foresaw the Lord always before my face", Acts 2:26; as Christ is set before men in the Gospel, to look unto as the object of faith and hope, to trust in and depend upon for life and salvation; so Jehovah the Father...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Brother, have you always acted on the straight? Have you so conducted your business that you need not be ashamed for God himself to look at it? Then do not be afraid of anything that may happen to you, for you will come out all right at the last. There may...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Now across the sacred page there comes the wondrous revelation of a glorious One who speaks in the very words that are recorded here. Though, possibly, we have not recognized him, these words that follow apply specially to Jesus Christ our Lord.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Therefore my heart is glad,.... Because he had the Lord always in view; he was at his right hand, for his support and assistance, as well as because of what is expressed in the next verses: this is the same with rejoicing in spirit, Lu 10:21; it denotes an inward joy, and fulness of it, because of the Lord's presence with him; see Acts 2:28; and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. Every good thing belongs to the man who belongs to God. He need not be afraid even of the grave, for he can adopt the language which is here prophetically used for Christ himself. He is not afraid to die, for he can say:—