He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my … More Spurgeon: God is our refuge; no fiction
Sometimes God speaks to us through repeating things He knows we need to hear and understand. His Word is alive and active and life-changing (Hebrews 4:12) Today we read in Numbers 35 about the cities of refuge (that were a type of Christ, our Ultimate Refuge.) And today in Psalm 61, we hear David crying … More God is the harbor of weather-beaten sails
This week, one year ago(March 11, 2011), a massive earthquake and catastrophic tsunami struck Japan. Today in our read-through-the-Bible plan, we come to Psalm 60: O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us. You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its … More Still praying for Japan
In Psalm 59, David prays (1-2), complains (3-4), prays more (5) and then breaks into song. That is just in the first five verses. We see this repeated again as he complains (6-7), declares his confidence in God (8-10) and prays again (11-15) and ends with singing aloud God’s praises (16-17). I love verse 10: … More God in his steadfast love will meet me
The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.” —Psalm 58:10-11 Imprecatory psalms are difficult to understand. Here are two comments that help us: … More Thankfully recognize God’s just displeasure
For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! Psalm 57:10-11 ESV Spurgeon comments: Imagination fails to guess the height of heaven, and even thus the riches of mercy exceed our highest thoughts. The psalmist, … More Spurgeon:God’s goodness is more vast and more sublime than even the vaulted skies.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! —Psalm 32:11 Charles H. Spurgeon comments on this verse in The Treasury of David: Be glad. Happiness is not only our privilege, but our duty. Truly we serve a generous God, since he makes it a part of … More Spurgeon: Be glad. Happiness is not only our privilege, but our duty.
But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me. Psalm 55:16-18 ESV Spurgeon, with some encouraging words: The … More Spurgeon: The crisis of life is usually the secret place of wrestling
O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might. O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth. —Psalm 54:1-2 C. H. Spurgeon, in The Treasury of David: By thy name, by thy great and glorious nature. Employ all thine attributes for me. Let every one of … More O God, save me by your name
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Thus begins Psalm 53, our passage for today. In “The Treasury of David”, Spurgeon condenses Matthew Henry: God, in this Psalm, “speaketh twice,” for this is the same almost verbatim with the fourteenth Psalm. The scope of it is to convince us of our sins, … More Matthew Henry on Psalm 53: Convinces us of our sins, sets us blushing and trembling because of them
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