The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand. —Psalm 37:23-24 ESV C. H. Spurgeon comments in “The Treasury of David,”: Condescendingly, with his own hand, God upholds … More Where grace does not keep from going down, it shall save from keeping down.
Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Psalm … More Spurgeon: How do we measure the mercy of God?
Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation. All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?” Psalm 35:9-10 Charles H. Spurgeon writes in the Treasury of David: As the tongue … More Spurgeon: David makes every limb vocal
For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. —Psalm 33:4 ESV Charles Spurgeon, in The Treasury of David: Whatever God has ordained must be good, and just, and excellent. There are no anomalies in God’s universe, except what sin has made; his word of command … More God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand which never fails.
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Psalm 32:7 C.H. Spurgeon with a short, but oh so sweet reminder of the wonderful grace of God we see in Psalm 32 (comments from The Treasury of David) Observe that the same man who in … More Spurgeon on the glories of grace in Psalm 32
In Psalm 31, we read a phrase that sounds very much like one in Psalm 23: For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead and guide me (Psalm 31:3) He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake (Psalm 23:3) Charles H Spurgeon comments in the … More Spurgeon: Our appeal is not to any fancied virtue in our own names
In the Treasury of David, Spurgeon encourages us from Psalm 30 to keep praying, to keep crying out to the Lord: Prayer is the unfailing resource of God’s people. If they are driven to their wit’s end, they may still go to the mercyseat. When an earthquake makes our mountain tremble, the throne of grace … More What is the unfailing resource of God’s people?
C. H Spurgeon comments on Psalm 29, our passage for today’s Bible reading plan Power was displayed in the hurricane whose course this Psalm so grandly pictures; and now, in the cool calm after the storm, that power is promised to be the strength of the chosen. He who wings the unerring bolt, will give … More Jesus the mighty God is our peace in the storm
Along with the Song of Moses we read today in in Exodus 15, we read this encouragement from David in Psalm 28 today, encouragement to EXULT, to “rejoice greatly” (KJV). Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, … More Exult Greatly!
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? —Psalm 27:1 ESV Spurgeon, in the Treasury of David: Salvation finds us in the dark, but it does not leave us there; it gives light to those who … More Salvation finds us in the dark, but it does not leave us there
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