Let the people of God comfort themselves in all cases by this doctrine of the divine decrees; and, amidst whatever befalls them, rest quietly and submissively in the bosom of God, considering that whatever comes or can come to pass, proceeds from the decree of their gracious friend and reconciled Father, who knows what is best for them, and will make all things work together for their good. O what a sweet and pleasant life would ye have under the heaviest pressures of affliction, and what heavenly serenity and tranquility of mind would you enjoy, would you cheerfully acquiesce in the good will and pleasure of God, and embrace every dispensation, how sharp soever it may be, because it is determined and appointed for you by the eternal counsel of His will!
Thomas Boston

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Spurgeon PS146

Spurgeon PS146 EXPOSITION. Notwithstanding their real cowardice, the wicked put on the lion's skin and lord it over the Lord's poor ones. Though fools themselves, they mock at the truly…

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Spurgeon PS147

Spurgeon PS147 EXPOSITION. Natural enough is this closing prayer, for what would so effectually convince atheists, overthrow persecutors, stay sin, and secure the godly, as the manifest appearance of Israel's…

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Spurgeon PS131

Spurgeon PS131 OCCASION.--The Psalm cannot be referred to any especial event or period in David's history. All attempts to find it a birthplace are but guesses. It was, doubtless, more…

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Spurgeon PS133

Spurgeon PS133 EXPOSITION. But now prayer lifteth up her voice, like the watchman who proclaims the daybreak. Now will the tide turn, and the weeper shall dry his eyes. The…

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Spurgeon PS135

Spurgeon PS135 EXPOSITION. What a change is here! Lo, the rain is over and gone, and the time of the singing of birds is come. The mercy-seat has so refreshed…

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Spurgeon PS111

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…

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Spurgeon PS114

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…

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Spurgeon PS121

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…

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Spurgeon PS123

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…

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Spurgeon PS125

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…

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