Spurgeon comments on this prayer of Moses in Psalm 90 in the Treasury of David: Moses was mighty in word as well as deed, and this Psalm we believe to be one of his weighty utterances, worthy to stand side by side with his glorious oration recorded in Deuteronomy. Moses was peculiarly a man of … More Moses: Mighty in word and deed
If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules, if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments, then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, BUT (nevertheless KJV) I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false … More A glorious nevertheless!
Singers and dancers alike say, “All my springs are in you.” —Psalm 87:7 In his commentary on Psalm 87, in The Treasury of David, Spurgeon says that this verse reminds him of the hymn, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” by Robert Robinson: Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy … More “All my springs are in you.”
You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger. Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us! —Psalm 85:3-4 C.H. Spurgeon, in “The Treasury of David” connects Psalm 85 and the book Judges: How often did the longsuffering of God take away from Israel the punishments which had … More Restoration and Mercy
Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O Lord. Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace, that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth. —Psalm 83:16-18 Charles H. Spurgeon, at The Treasury … More Humbled by His mercy
God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue … More Even the judgments of our most impartial judges will be revised by the High Court of heaven
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. —Psalm 81: 10 Rejoice as you read Psalm 81 in the reading plan today! Do you see the connections with Joshua 24? You may easily over expect the creature, but you cannot over expect God: “Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it”; widen and … More We cannot “over expect” God
Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved! —Psalm 80: 3, 7, 19 Restore us, O God. Turn us back to You. Change us. Change our character, if not our circumstances. We need YOU, O God. Let Your face shine… we want to see You. “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine … More Restore us, O God
Psalm 78: 52 Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. C.H. Spurgeon comments on this verse in The Treasury of David: The contrast is striking, and ought never to have been forgotten by the people. The wolves were slain in heaps, the sheep were carefully gathered, … More All the way my Savior leads me, O the fullness of His love!
We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. —Psalm 78:4 Spurgeon exhorts us from our reading today in Psalm 78: Children are to be taught to magnify the Lord; they ought to be well … More Spurgeon: Grammar is poor food for the soul if it be not flavoured with grace.
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