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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Like sheep they are laid in the grave,.... They are not in life like sheep, harmless and innocent; nor reckoned as such for the slaughter, as the people of God are; unless it be that they are like them, brutish and stupid, thoughtless of death, and unconcerned about their estate after it; and so die and go into the grave, like natural brute...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; They lead a worldly life, and die a worldly death-quiet, contented with this world, — no thought of the world to come. Psa_49:14. Death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; That everlasting daybreak shall shed a light on many things; and then the master and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. What a happy confidence! Blessed are those who, by a living faith in a living God, know that their soul shall be received into its Maker’s hands. But woe unto those whose confidence lies in the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave,.... The psalmist expresses his faith, that though he should die, and for a while be under the power of the grave, yet he should be redeemed from it in the resurrection; which to the saints will be "the day of redemption", Ephesians 4:30; their bodies then will be redeemed from mortality,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,.... Who before was poor, or not so rich; but now become so, either by inheritance, or by his own diligence and industry, through the permission of Providence. This is to be understood, not of a good man, from whom oppression is not to be feared; but it may be hoped he will do good with his riches, by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. They will not know him in the next world to be the squire, the peer, the prince. Death is a dreadful leveller. Envy not the great man of this world. “His glory shall not descend...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away,.... Such men, with all their riches and honour, must die; therefore why should men be afraid of them? or wherein are they to be accounted of, whose breath is in their nostrils? nor can they carry either of them with them; their riches will be of no profit to them after death, when they will be upon a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Though while he lived he blessed his soul,.... Praised and extolled himself on account of his acquisitions and merit; or proclaimed himself a happy man, because of his wealth and riches; or foolishly flattered himself with peace, prosperity, and length of days, and even with honour and glory after death; and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. Not “when thou doest good,” mark; for often when you do good, men will criticize and censure; -- and, the better the deaf, the more sure is it to provoke the contempt of many. But “men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself.” A shrewd...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He shall go to the generation of his fathers,.... Be gathered to them at death; or "to the dwelling place of his fathers" (m); either the grave, or hell, or both; the habitation of his wicked ancestors: unless the words be rendered, as they are by some, though "he shall come to the age of his fathers" (n); live as long as they have done; yet he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. They are sleeping in the grave. So shall he, and beyond the grave there is nothing but darkness for him whose heart is set on this world.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Man [that is] in honour,.... A wicked man, as the Targum; [See comments on Psalms 49:12]; and understandeth not; from whence his riches and honour, come, and what use he should make of them, and for what end he has them; or that understandeth not spiritual things, which relate to the salvation of his soul; who does not know God in Christ, nor the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. Understanding, and the fear of the Lord which is the beginning thereof, and not earthly honour, is our only succor in the day of death.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 50 A Psalm of Asaph. This psalm is called a psalm of Asaph; either because it was composed by him under divine inspiration, since he was a prophet and a seer, 1 Chronicles 25:2; or because it was delivered to him to be sung in public service, he being a chief musician; see 1 Chronicles 16:7; and so it may be rendered, "a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The mighty God,.... In the Hebrew text it is "El", "Elohim", which Jarchi renders the "God of gods"; that is, of angels, who are so called, Psalms 8:5; so Christ, who is God over all, is over them; he is their Creator, and the object of their worship, Hebrews 1:6; or of kings, princes, judges, and all civil magistrates, called gods, Psalms 82:1;...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This psalm, as the former, is a psalm of instruction, not of prayer or praise; it is a psalm of reproof and admonition, in singing which we are to teach and admonish one another. In the foregoing psalm, after a general demand of attention, God by his prophet deals (ver. 3) with the children of this world, to convince them of their sin and folly in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. The Hebrew hath it, “El Elohim, Jehovah hath spoken” — three names of God — great and mysterious — the strong God, the only God, the self-existent God. He speaks — calls upon the whole earth from the east to the west to listen...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun until the going down thereof. Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. He shall call to the heavens from above,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. He came once under the old legal...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. The mighty God, even the Lord. El, Elohim, Jehovah, three glorious names for the God of Israel. To render the address the more impressive, these august titles are mentioned, just as in royal decrees the names and dignities of monarchs are placed in the forefront. Here the true God is described as Almighty, as the only and perfect object of...