Spurgeon PS142 EXPOSITION. "_The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men_." As from a watchtower, or other elevated place of observation, the Lord is represented as gazing…

Spurgeon PS141 TITLE.--This admirable ode is simply headed, "_To the Chief Musician by David_." The dedication to the Chief Musician stands at the head of fifty-three of the Psalms, and…

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…

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…

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…

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 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 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 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 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…