Spurgeon PS152

Spurgeon PS152 EXPOSITION. THE ANSWER. The Lord in answer to the question informs us by his Holy Spirit of the character of the man who alone can dwell in his…

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Spurgeon PS151

Spurgeon PS151 SUBJECT, &c.--This Psalm of David bears no dedicatory title at all indicative of the occasion upon which it was written, but it is exceedingly probable that, together with…

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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 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 PS145

Spurgeon PS145 EXPOSITION. Oppressors have it not all their own way, they have their fits of trembling and their appointed seasons of overthrow. _There_--where they denied God and hectored against…

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Spurgeon PS144

Spurgeon PS144 EXPOSITION. Hatred of God and corruptness of like are the motive forces which produce persecution. Men who having no saving knowledge of divine things, enslave themselves to become…

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Spurgeon PS142

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…

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Spurgeon PS141

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…

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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 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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