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Spurgeon PS0602 EXPOSITION. "_Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak_." Though I deserve destruction, yet let thy mercy pity my frailty. This is the right way to…

Spurgeon PS0604 EXPOSITION. "_Return, O Lord; deliver my soul_." As God's absence was the main cause of his misery, so his return would be enough to deliver him from his…

Spurgeon PS0605 EXPOSITION. And now David was in great fear of death--death temporal, and perhaps death eternal. Read the passage as you will, the following verse is full of power.…

Spurgeon PS0606 EXPOSITION. The Psalmist gives a fearful description of his long agony: "_I am weary with my groaning_." He had groaned till his throat was hoarse; he had cried…

Spurgeon PS0608 EXPOSITION. "Your harps, ye trembling saints, Down from the willows take." Ye must have your times of weeping, but let them be short. Get ye up, get ye…

Spurgeon PS0501 TITLE.--"_To the Chief Musician upon Nehiloth, a Psalm of David_." The Hebrew word Nehiloth is taken from another word, signifying "to perforate," "to bore through," whence it comes…

Spurgeon PS0609 EXPOSITION. "_The Lord hath heard my supplication_." The Holy Spirit had wrought into the Psalmist's mind the confidence that his prayer was heard. This is frequently the privilege…

Spurgeon PS0502 EXPOSITION. "_The voice of my cry_." In another Psalm we find the expression, "The voice of my weeping." Weeping has a voice--a melting, plaintive tone, an ear-piercing shrillness,…

Spurgeon PS0610 EXPOSITION. "_Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed_." This is rather a prophecy than an imprecation, it may be read in the future. "All my enemies…

Spurgeon PS0503 EXPOSITION. Observe, this is not so much a prayer as a resolution, "'_My voice shalt thou hear_,' I will not be dumb, I will not be silent, I…