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Spurgeon PS1712 EXPOSITION. Lions are not more greedy, nor their ways more cunning than are Satan and his helpers when engaged against the children of God. The blood of souls…

Spurgeon PS1713 EXPOSITION. "_Arise, O Lord_." The more furious the attack, the more fervent the Psalmist's prayer. His eye rests singly upon the Almighty, and he feels that God has…

Spurgeon PS1714 EXPOSITION. Almost every word of this verse has furnished matter for discussion to scholars, for it is very obscure. We will, therefore, rest content with the common version,…

Spurgeon PS1715 EXPOSITION. "_As for me_." "I neither envy nor covet these men's happiness, but partly have and partly hope for a far better." To behold God's face and to…

Spurgeon PS1701 TITLE AND SUBJECT.--_A Prayer of David_. David would not have been a man after God's own heart, if he had not been a man of prayer. He was…

Spurgeon PS1702 EXPOSITION. "_Let my sentence come forth from thy presence_." The Psalmist has now grown bold by the strengthening influence of prayer, and he now entreats the Judge of…

Spurgeon PS1703 EXPOSITION. "_Thou hast proved mine heart_." Like Peter, David uses the argument, "Thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee." It is a most assuring thing…

Spurgeon PS1601 TITLE.--MICHTAM OF DAVID. This is usually understood to mean _THE GOLDEN PSALM_, and such a title is most appropriate, for the matter is as the most fine gold.…

Spurgeon PS1602 EXPOSITION. "_O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord_." In his inmost heart the Lord Jesus bowed himself to do service to his…

Spurgeon PS1606 EXPOSITION. Jesus found the way of obedience to lead into "_pleasant places_." Notwithstanding all the sorrows which marred his countenance, he exclaimed, "Lo, I come; in the volume…