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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 PS0207 EXPOSITION. This Psalm wears something of a dramatic form, for now another person is introduced as speaking. We have looked into the counsel-chamber of the wicked, and to…

Spurgeon PS0210 EXPOSITION. The scene again changes, and counsel is given to those who have taken counsel to rebel. They are exhorted to obey, and give the kiss of homage…

Spurgeon PS031 TITLE.--"A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his Son." You will remember the sad story of David's flight from his own palace, when, in the dead…

Spurgeon PS033 EXPOSITION. Here David avows his confidence in God. "_Thou, O Lord, art a shield for me_." The word in the original signifies more than a shield; it means…

Spurgeon PS035 EXPOSITION. David's faith enabled him to _lie down_; anxiety would certainly have kept him on tiptoe, watching for an enemy. Yea, he was able to sleep, _to sleep_…