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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Our soul waiteth for the Lord,.... This, and what follows, are the words of the church, expressing her expectation, faith, and joy, by reason of what is suggested in the preceding verses. She signifies her expectation of good by waiting for the Lord; either for his coming in the flesh, and salvation by him; for which the patriarchs, prophets, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. Notice the three “ours.” Personal possession is the very soul of piety; all else is mere verbiage. Not, “What hearest thou?” but, “What hast thou?” Not, “What he thou talk about?” but, “What dost thou possess?” That is the thing: “Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. Dear friends, notice those three “ours”-three firm clasps, three strong holdfasts: “Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.” Why did he not say, “Our souls wait,” for there are many of us? Ah! but we are so alike in this one thing that it is as if we had only one...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For our heart shall rejoice in him,.... Not in sin, nor in themselves and in their boastings, all such rejoicing is evil; but in the Lord, "in his Word"; as the Targum is, in the essential Word of God, Christ Jesus; in his person, righteousness, and salvation; and this joy is heart joy, inward joy, real joy, joy in the Holy Ghost; and is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. If you do but trust in his holy name, you shall one day rejoice in him. Trust him in the dark, and you shall see the light. Trust him in famine, and you shall surely be fed.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. That is a good prayer with which to close our reading; let us all present it at the throne of the heavenly grace.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,.... That is, an application of it in its effects: it is a prayer for a communication of grace and mercy to help in a time of need; and for a discovery of pardoning grace and mercy; and it is a prayer of faith; for the mercy of the Lord is upon his people in great plenty, and it continues; and they have reason to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according us we hope in thee. Let us each one pray that prayer now: “Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.” Amen. Now turn to the 1st chapter of the 1st General Epistle of John, that you may see what an apostle had to say concerning joy. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 34 [A Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. The author of this psalm is expressed by name; and the time and occasion of it are plainly intimated: it was composed by David, "when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech"; not Ahimelech the priest, sometimes...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will bless the Lord at all times,.... That is, ascribe blessing, give honour, praise, and glory to him, both as the God of nature and providence, for every temporal mercy; and that every day, and at all times in the day; since these are renewed every morning, and continue all the day long: and as the God of grace, for all spiritual blessings;...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This psalm was penned upon a particular occasion, as appears by the title, and yet there is little in it peculiar to that occasion, but that which is general, both by way of thanksgiving to God an instruction to us. I. He praises God for the experience which he and others had had of his goodness, ver. 1-6. II. He encourages all good people to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. “Others may do what they please, and murmur, and complain, and be filled with dread and apprehension of the future; but I will bless the Lord at all times. I can always see something for which I ought to bless him. I can always see some good which will come out of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD at all times: “Whether the times are dark or light, whether I feel well or ill, whether the Lord deals with me graciously or severely, I will bless him at all times.” Psa_34:1. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. What a blessed mouthful! If we could but carry out this resolve of David, we should not find so much...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. What a sweet resolve! Oh, that every one of us who knows the Lord would make that resolve, and keep it all our days: “I will bless the Lord at all times;” in dark times and bright times, as long as ever I live. “His praise shall continually be in my mouth;” that is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. After any very great deliverance we feel prompted to special gratitude, and it appears to us as if we never should leave off praising God. I wish that perpetuity were real, but, alas! it often happens that the next cloud that sweeps the skies brings back our doubting,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will bless the LORD at all times: “At dark times, and bright times when I am alone, and when I am in company; when I feel like doing it and when I do not feel like doing it: ‘I will bless the Lord at all times.’” Psa_34:1. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. “I will not only feel it in my heart, but I will give expression to it with my...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. I will bless the Lord at all times. He is resolved and fixed, I will; he is personally and for himself determined, let others so as they may; he is intelligent in head and inflamed in heart --he knows to whom the praise is due, and what is due, and for what and when. To Jehovah, and not to second causes our gratitude is to be rendered. The...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord,.... Not in men, nor in any outward enjoyment, nor in any works of righteousness, but in the Lord; "in the Word of the Lord", as the Targum; in the Lord Jesus Christ; in his wisdom, strength, riches, righteousness, redemption, and salvation; in interest in him, and communion with him: and this is not tongue...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. Boasting is generally annoying. Even those that boast themselves cannot endure that other people should boast. But there is one kind of boasting that even the humble can bear to hear — -nay they are glad to hear it. “The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: All men are more or less given to boasting but it seems to be specially characteristic of Englishmen and Americans. Well, there is a right way of boasting; if you can truly say, “My soul shall make her boast in the Lord,” you may boast away as much as you like. Psa_34:2. The humble shall hear thereof, and...