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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…

Spurgeon PS0504 EXPOSITION. And now the Psalmist having thus expressed his resolution to pray, you hear him putting up his prayer. He is pleading against his cruel and wicked enemies.…

Spurgeon PS0507 EXPOSITION. With this verse the first part of the Psalm ends. The Psalmist has bent his knee in prayer: he has described before God, as an argument for…

Spurgeon PS0508 EXPOSITION. Now we come to the second part, in which the Psalmist repeats his arguments. and goes over the same ground again. "_Lead me, O Lord_," as a…

Spurgeon PS0509 EXPOSITION. This description of depraved man has been copied by the Apostle Paul, and, together with some other quotations, he has placed it in the second chapter of…

Spurgeon PS0510 EXPOSITION. "_Against thee_:" not against _me_. If they were _my_ enemies I would forgive them, but I cannot forgive thine. We are to forgive our enemies, but God's…

Spurgeon PS041 TITLE.--This Psalm is apparently intended to accompany the third, and make a pair with it. If the last may be entitled _THE MORNING PSALM_, this from its matter…