Spurgeon PS1850
Spurgeon PS1850 EXPOSITION. This is the winding-up verse into which the writer throws a fulness of expression, indicating the most rapturous delight of gratitude. “_Great deliverance_.” The word “_deliverance_” is plural, to show the variety and completeness of the salvation;…
Spurgeon PS1849
Spurgeon PS1849 EXPOSITION. Paul cites this verse (#Ro 15:9|): “And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.” This…
Spurgeon PS1848
Spurgeon PS1848 EXPOSITION. From all enemies, and especially from one who was pre-eminent in violence, the Lord’s anointed was preserved, and at the last over the head of Saul and all other adversaries he reigned in honour. The like end…
Spurgeon PS1847
Spurgeon PS1847 EXPOSITION. “_It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me_.” To rejoice in personal revenge is unhallowed and evil, but David viewed himself as the instrument of vengeance upon the enemies of God and his…
Spurgeon PS1846
Spurgeon PS1846 EXPOSITION. “_The Lord liveth_.” Possessing underived, essential, independent and eternal life. We serve no inanimate, imaginary, or dying God. He only hath immortality. Like loyal subjects let us cry, Live on, O God. Long live the King of…
Spurgeon PS1845
Spurgeon PS1845 EXPOSITION. “_The strangers shall fade away_.” Like sear leaves or blasted trees our foes and Christ’s foes shall find no sap and stamina remaining in them. Those who are strangers to Jesus are strangers to all lasting happiness;…
Spurgeon PS1844
Spurgeon PS1844 EXPOSITION. “_As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me_.” Thus readily did the once struggling captain become a far-renowned victor, and thus easy shall be our triumphs. We prefer, however, to speak of Jesus. In…
Spurgeon PS1843
Spurgeon PS1843 EXPOSITION. “_Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people_.” Internal strife is very hard to deal with. A civil war is war in its most miserable form; it is a subject for warmest gratitude when concord…
Spurgeon PS1842
Spurgeon PS1842 EXPOSITION. The defeat of the nations who fought with King David was so utter and complete that they were like powders pounded in a mortar; their power was broken into fragments and they became as weak as dust…
Spurgeon PS1841
Spurgeon PS1841 EXPOSITION. “_They cried, but there was none to save them; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not_.” Prayer is so notable a weapon that even the wicked will take to it in their fits of desperation….