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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. Oh how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; Is not that a blessed expression to be used by the man who said that his life was spent with grief, and his years with sighing?
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[O] how great [is] thy goodness,.... Not the natural and essential goodness of God; for though that is large and abundant, yea, infinite, as every perfection of his is, yet it cannot with propriety be said to be laid up and wrought out; but rather the effects of his goodness, and not those which appear in Providence, for they, though very large...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Not only has the Lord abundant goodness stored up for his children, but his goodness is brought out for others to see, and for his people to feed upon even in the presence of their enemies.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. What a blessing that is,— to be separated from the noise and strife and the malignant calumny of wicked men! God has a blessed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! So there is goodness in the present as well as goodness in the future, goodness wrought out as well as goodness stored up.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou shall hide them in the secret of thy presence,.... That is, those that fear the Lord and trust in him; and therefore they are called his "hidden ones", Psalms 83:3; these the Lord preserves in times of trouble and danger, and when his indignation is out against others; and so the Targum is, "in the time of thine anger"; see Isaiah 26:20; the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. They shall not be wounded by all the malice of their adversaries; they shall be preserved in the King’s royal pavilion.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. There is nothing much worse than the strife of tongues. A pack of wolves would not be half so bad as a pack of tongues let loose upon a man. Wolves do but tear the flesh; but tongues devour a man’s...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Blessed [be] the Lord,.... A form of thanksgiving, in which the psalmist calls upon himself and others to bless and praise the Lord for the singular mercy granted him, expressed in the next clause; [See comments on Psalms 18:46]; for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city; either in the city Keilah, so Jarchi; a city which had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. O love the LORD, all ye his saints: See what a fount of happiness there is in the psalmist’s heart; he longs for all the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be the LORD: for hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. “If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.” The psalmist was full of doubts, and he said, “I am cut...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be the LORD; for he hath showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city. He has kept me in safety, and preserved me from every foe, blessed be his holy name!
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For I said in my haste,.... When he made haste to get away for fear of Saul, 1 Samuel 23:26; and so the Targum renders it, "I said when I sought to flee away"; or else he said this hastily and rashly, in the hurry of his mind, being in the utmost confusion and distress, as in Psalms 116:11; I am cut off from before thine eyes; his case was very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. O love the LORD, all ye his saints; It seems as if David felt that he could not love the Lord sufficiently by himself, so he calls upon all the saints to bring their hearts full of love, and yield their...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O love the Lord, all ye his saints,.... To whom his goodness extends; who are favoured with the blessings of his grace, as pardon, peace, and righteousness; and who particularly are sanctified by his Spirit, and have principles of grace and holiness wrought in their hearts: these, even all of them, are called upon to love the Lord, having that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. In this Psalm, we have heard the wail of the sackbut, and the clashing of the cymbals; but we finish with the blast of the silver trumpets.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. He gives him a sharp blow with the back of his hand, but he gives to the righteous a full-handed mercy.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,.... [See comments on Psalms 27:14]; by this instance of God's wonderful kindness to the psalmist, he would have the saints take heart, and be of good cheer, even in the greatest distresses, since their case cannot be worse than his was; and yet he had deliverance out of it; all ye that hope...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. Your heart is faint, but the Lord will put strength where now there is weakness; wherefore “be of good courage.” Cowardice weakens, fear saps a man’s strength; so “be of good courage,” for your strength shall be equal to your day, and you shall yet win the...