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Spurgeon PS111 SUBJECT.--Charles Simeon gives an excellent summary of this Psalm in the following sentences:--"The Psalms are a rich repository of experimental knowledge. David, at the different periods of his…

Spurgeon PS114 EXPOSITION. David here declares the great source of his unflinching courage. He borrows his light from heaven--from the great central orb of deity. The God of the believer…

Spurgeon PS121 TITLE. This Psalm is headed, "_To the Chief Musician upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David_," which title is identical with that of the sixth Psalm, except that Neginoth…

Spurgeon PS123 EXPOSITION. Total destruction shall overwhelm the lovers of flattery and pride, but meanwhile how they hector and fume! Well did the apostle call them "raging waves of the…

Spurgeon PS125 EXPOSITION. In due season the Lord will hear his elect ones, who cry day and night unto him, and though he bear long with their oppressors, yet will…

Spurgeon PS126 EXPOSITION. What a contrast between the vain words of man, and the pure words of Jehovah. Man's words are yea and nay, but the Lord's promises are yea…

Spurgeon PS127 EXPOSITION. To fall into the hands of an evil generation, so as to be baited by their cruelty, or polluted by their influence, is an evil to be…

Spurgeon PS128 EXPOSITION. Here we return to the fount of bitterness, which first made the Psalmist run to the wells of salvation, namely, the prevalence of wickedness. When those in…

Spurgeon PS1001 Since this Psalm has no title of its own, it is supposed by some to be a fragment of Psalm 9. We prefer, however, since it is complete…

Spurgeon PS1002 EXPOSITION. The second verse contains the formal indictment against the wicked: "_The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor_." The accusation divides itself into two distinct charges,--pride…