Psalms Vol.1 E-Book

Charles H. Spurgeon

• Herausgeber: David Turner
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

THE TRUSTED COMMENTARY COLLECTION is a new release of much loved and oft used commentaries. Each commentary is beautifully formatted with every verse given an uncluttered presentation for ease of reference and use. We have taken great care to provide you with each individual commentary as it was intended and written by the original author. Our commentaries are equipped with the very best active tables of contents that drill down from the main contents page to the individual Bible book, to the author, to the Bible book chapter and then to the very verse you are looking to study. These tables of contents have been designed for ease of use and to get you to the exact verse you are looking at. In this volume we give you Charles H. Spurgeon commentary on the book of The Psalms chapters 1 through to 75 (apart from Psalm 1, 7, 10, 11, 15, 29, 35, 36, 52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 67, 70, 74 & 75 as Spurgeon did not provide an exposition on these Psalms from the pulpit of the Metropolitan Tabernacle). The Prince of Preachers, Charles H. Spurgeon (19th June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was not only a wonderful orator but also magnificent with his pen. The sermons he preached touched the lives of thousands. His writings still continue to reach those who read them to this very day.  Reading Spurgeon today may be secondary to the impossibility of hearing him but there is no doubt that his words still carry the weight of Biblical truth.  Spurgeon is best remembered as the pastor the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, England. There he enjoyed many years of fruitful ministry, leading people to Christ and pastoring the ever growing congregation of the Church.

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PSALMS

Charles H. Spurgeon Commentary Contents

Charles H. Spurgeon’s Psalms Commentary Contents

Chapter One - Psalm 1

Chapter Two - Psalm 2

Chapter Three - Psalm 3

Chapter Four - Psalm 4

Chapter Five - Psalm 5

Chapter Six - Psalm 6

Chapter Seven - Psalm 7

Chapter Eight - Psalm 8

Chapter Nine - Psalm 9

Chapter Ten - Psalm 10

Chapter Eleven - Psalm 11

Chapter Twelve - Psalm 12

Chapter Thirteen - Psalm 13

Chapter Fourteen - Psalm 14

Chapter Fifteen - Psalm 15

Chapter Sixteen - Psalm 16

Chapter Seventeen - Psalm 17

Chapter Eighteen - Psalm 18

Chapter Nineteen - Psalm 19

Chapter Twenty - Psalm 20

Chapter Twenty-One - Psalm 21

Chapter Twenty-Two - Psalm 22

Chapter Twenty-Three - Psalm 23

Chapter Twenty-Four - Psalm 24

Chapter Twenty-Five - Psalm 25

Chapter Twenty-Six - Psalm 26

Chapter Twenty-Seven - Psalm 27

Chapter Twenty-Eight - Psalm 28

Chapter Twenty-Nine - Psalm 29

Chapter Thirty - Psalm 30

Chapter Thirty-One - Psalm 31

Chapter Thirty-Two - Psalm 32

Chapter Thirty-Three - Psalm 33

Chapter Thirty-Four - Psalm 34

Chapter Thirty-Five - Psalm 35

Chapter Thirty-Six - Psalm 36

Chapter Thirty-Seven - Psalm 37

Chapter Thirty-Eight - Psalm 38

Chapter Thirty-Nine - Psalm 39

Chapter Forty - Psalm 40

Chapter Forty-One - Psalm 41

Chapter Forty-Two - Psalm 42

Chapter Forty-Three - Psalm 43

Chapter Forty-Four - Psalm 44

Chapter Forty-Five - Psalm 45

Chapter Forty-Six - Psalm 46

Chapter Forty-Seven - Psalm 47

Chapter Forty-Eight - Psalm 48

Chapter Forty-Nine - Psalm 49

Chapter Fifty - Psalm 50

Chapter Fifty-One - Psalm 51

Chapter Fifty-Two - Psalm 52

Chapter Fifty-Three - Psalm 53

Chapter Fifty-Four - Psalm 54

Chapter Fifty-Five - Psalm 55

Chapter Fifty-Six - Psalm 56

Chapter Fifty-Seven - Psalm 57

Chapter Fifty-Eight - Psalm 58

Chapter Fifty-Nine - Psalm 59

Chapter Sixty - Psalm 60

Chapter Sixty-One - Psalm 61

Chapter Sixty-Two - Psalm 62

Chapter Sixty-Three - Psalm 63

Chapter Sixty-Four - Psalm 64

Chapter Sixty-Five - Psalm 65

Chapter Sixty-Six - Psalm 66

Chapter Sixty-Seven - Psalm 67

Chapter Sixty-Eight - Psalm 68

Chapter Sixty-Nine - Psalm 69

Chapter Seventy - Psalm 70

Chapter Seventy-One - Psalm 71

Chapter Seventy-Two - Psalm 72

Chapter Seventy-Three - Psalm 73

Chapter Seventy-Four - Psalm 74

Chapter Seventy-Five - Psalm 75

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CHAPTER ONE

Psalm 1

CHARLES H. SPURGEON COMMENTARY

Psalm 1 Contents

Verses 1-6

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CHAPTER TWO

Psalm 2

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Verses 1-12

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Psalms 2:1-3. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

The conspiracy was both strong and influential, The kings and the rulers combined against Jehovah and against his Christ. They were very determined; they set themselves with resolute purpose; they took counsel together. They were full of a horrible enthusiasm; they raged; they thought the work as good as done, but they imagined a vain thing. The fight was against Jehovah, and against his Anointed, the Christ, the Messiah. What came of it all? Did they break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from them? Listen: -

Psalms 2:4. He that sitteth in the heavens shalt laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

For what can mortals be as compared with the Eternal? The fire can readily enough consume the tow. Shall men set themselves in opposition to omnipotence, and hope to prosper? And when God determines to glorify his anointed Son, shall worms of the dust prevent him from doing so’? What can come of all their opposition? God simply laughs at them, Jehovah has them in derision.

Psalms 2:5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

He scarcely needs to lift his hand, he has only to speak; and when Jehovah speaks in wrath, his words are thunderbolts. Men’s hearts are indeed troubled when God’s words come hot with anger into their spirits. This is what God said:-

Psalms 2:6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

“You have raged, you have deliberated, you have resolved; but it is all nothing. There is my Son, the crowned King.” And such is the Anointed tonight; the Christ is on the throne, let Isis enemies say what they will, and he must reign, nothing can prevent it. He must be King of kings and Lord of lords, for thus is it written concerning him.

Psalms 2:7. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

This is the seal of the Anointed. He is the Son of the Highest, the only begotten Son of the Father, who says to him, “Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.”

Psalms 2:8. Ask of me, and I shalt give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Christ is asking of his Father; even he cannot have what he desires without asking for it. Prayer is so essential to the progress of the kingdom of Christ that even Christ himself must ask. But then God has promised to give to Christ the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth to be his possession. This is the great strength of all missionary enterprise. Dear friends, we may be quite sure that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord when we read such a text as this: “I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” If men will not yield to the Lord when he is made known to them, if they resist the drawings of divine love, what will happen? Listen:-

Psalms 2:9-10. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces, like a potter’s vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

“Ye rulers, ye magistrates, ye senators, ye governors of the earth, be wise, be instructed.”

Psalms 2:11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

“If you are wise, you will obey the superior King; you will yield obedience to the great Lord of all.”

Psalms 2:12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the Way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.

The kings and rulers are bidden to do this; let each one of us do the same, let us give the kiss of homage to him whom God has made to be our King, and take him to be our Lord and Ruler for ever and ever.

Psalms 2:12. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

It is so; those of us who have tried it can bear witness that it is so, there is no life like a life of trust in God. The nearest approach to heaven that we can live in this mortal body is a life of simple confidence in the Lord Jesus Christ. Now let us read concerning our Lord’s first coming and appearance amongst the sons of men. Turn to the Gospel according to Matthew, at the third chapter.

This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 2, and Matthew 3.

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CHAPTER THREE

Psalm 3

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Verses 1-8

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Verses 1-8

These may be called very properly morning and evening Psalms. The third Psalm is the morning Psalm. A psalm of David when he fled from Absalom, his son. A dark hour that for David, preceded by the shadows of his own sin, and now deepened by the horrible hatred of his own favorite child, who conspired to take his kingdom and his life.

Psalms 2:1. LORD how are they increased that trouble me!

As if he could not measure his troubles. He stands amazed. He makes his appeal to God.

Psalms 2:2-3. Many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

That is the worst of all, when they begin to ridicule his religion. He was a man who had said much of his faith in God; and in former days he had done great marvels by trusting in the living God; and now one and another dared to say openly that God had cast him off.

Psalms 2:3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

The word in the Hebrew is a bigger word than the word shield. It is a buckler — a kind of guard above, around, beneath, an all-surrounding defense. “Thou, Lord, art a shield for me. They cannot harm me. They cannot kill me. I am still guarded by God; and, what is more, thou art my glory. Though my glory is taken away, yet I glory in thee. Whatever else I have not, I have a God, a God that I dare glory in too, for there is no such God as he is. And thou art the lifter up of my head.” My head is still above water. I do not yet sink, and my head shall rise again. Though I bow it down like a bulrush now, I shall one day praise him. I know that I shall, for he is the health of my countenance.

Psalms 2:4. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

He means that he loved to pray alone, but to use his voice in prayer. I have heard many Christians say that they can pray better when they can hear their own voices; they are better able to collect their thoughts. The voice is not necessary to prayer. It is the mere body of prayer. Still, a right healthy body may help the soul, and sometimes the use of the voice may help the spirit. David says that he cried to God; and then it happened to him, as it always happens to us: “He heard me out of his holy hill.”

Psalms 2:5. I laid me down and slept;

Far from the palace, and from the place of worship where he loved to meet with God.

Psalms 2:5. I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

I was kept through the night watches; through restless anxiety I slept. Now God sustains our hearts, even when we are asleep, for else we should not sleep. We should be restless and wakeful. But God gives us a peace ere we fall asleep, which abides with us as a blessed balm of rest, and so we sleep.

Psalms 2:6-7. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. Arise, O LORD save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

They were like fierce lions threatening to devour him. They had already rent him in malice. God came and smote them on the jaw, so that they lost their strength to injure him.

Psalms 2:8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

That is a sweet morning hymn. Sound Calvinistic doctrine that. “Salvation belongeth unto the Lord.” It is he that saves man. It is he that delivers those that are saved. And here is the speciality and peculiarity of his grace.

“Thy blessing is upon thy people.” Oh! to be remembered with them! Then, even if an Absalom should persecute us, the blessing is not withdrawn, for this is entailed upon the children of God.

“Thy blessing is upon thy people.”

Now for the evening hymn.

This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 3 and Psalms 4:1-6.

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CHAPTER FOUR

Psalm 4

CHARLES H. SPURGEON COMMENTARY

Psalm 4 Contents

Verses 1-6

Verses 1-8

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Psalms 4:1. Hear me, when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Past experience is a sweet solace in the hour of trouble. “Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress.” Think of what God has been to you, you tried ones, for he will be the same still. And can he have taught you to trust in his name, And thus far have brought you to put you to shame? Is this God’s way — to be gracious to his people, and then to turn against them? God forbid. Pray, then, with the grateful memory of all his loving-kindness. “Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.”

Psalms 4:2. O ye sons of men, how, long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

How long will ye take to lies? How long will you abuse a character which deserves not your censure? How long will you pour contempt upon God, whom you ought to serve? But know He talks to them as if they did not know, while they thought themselves the most knowing people in the world.

Psalms 4:3. That the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:

He has marked him out to be his own peculiar treasure. “The Lord’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.” Now if God has marked out his people to be his own, he will defend them. He will guard them against every adversary. They shall not be destroyed.

Psalms 4:3. The LORD will hear when I call unto him.

The sweet assurance that prayer will prevail is one of the best comforts in the cloudy and dark day.

Psalms 4:4. Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Tremble and sin not. Unhappily, there are many that sin and tremble not. They reverse the text. A trembling saint is often all the more saint because he trembles. Tremble and sin not. If there is not a mixture of prayer with our hope and our confidence, it is like meat without salt in it. It is apt to grow corrupt in prosperous sunny weather. Oh! for the fear of God in our hearts! Stand in awe, and sin not. Commune with your own heart. A man ought to be the best of company to himself. It is one reason why we should be well acquainted with the Word of God — that if ever we are left alone, we may be good companions to ourselves. “Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.” Hush that babel. Let God speak. Get to your bed, away from the noise of the streets and the roll of the traffic. “Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.” Some men cannot bear stillness. The quiet of their own hearts disturbs them. There must be something very rotten in the state of the man’s life who loves not some seasons of solitude. Some of us are less alone when we are alone, and most at home even when others count themselves abroad. “Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.”

Psalms 4:5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,

Bring your prayers, your praises. Present to God your hearts, your love, your trust.

Psalms 4:5-6. And put your trust in the LORD. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good?

Gaping about for some good thing; thirsting — they know not what they are thirsting for. “Who will show us any good?” Come from the east, or the west, or the north, or the south; only bring us something that promises pleasure, and we are your men. There be many that say, “Who will show us any good?” But we say not so. Our saying is another sort.

Psalms 4:6. LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Is not that what many of you are saying tonight? You know what you want. You know that there is nothing else that will satisfy you. “Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.” We are not well. Lord, we ask thee that it may be well between our souls and thee.

This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 3 and Psalms 4:1-6.

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Psalms 4:1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Good men want to be heard when they pray, they are not satisfied with merely praying, they must have God’s answers to their supplications. See how David pleads the past mercy received from God: “ Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress.” Cannot my own heart look back to God’s lovingkindness to me in days gone by .’ Oh, yes! Then, as he is the same God, what he has done in the past is an argument for what he will do in the future. There are some of us here who can adopt the psalmist’s language, and say, “Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.”

Psalms 4:2. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?

How long will you slander me, how long will you slander God, how long will you turn the gospel into ridicule, how long will you resist the Spirit of God?

Psalms 4:2. How long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing?

That is, after falsehood, after lying? Why do men seek after falsehood?

What attraction can it have for them? Why, only this attraction, that it suits a fool’s heart to feed on falsehood.

Psalms 4:3. But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:

You cannot hurt him, for God has hedged him about. You may say what you please against him, but God loves him, and will take care of him.

Psalms 4:3. The LORD will hear when I call unto him.

What a sweet assurance! O brethren, the mercy-seat is always open to us! It will be a blessed thing if every one of us can say, with David, “The Lord will hear when I call unto him.”

Psalms 4:4. Stand in awe, and sin not:

This is good advice to ungodly men; let them feel aright the awe of God presence, and they must turn from sin. Holy reverence is a great preservative from sin.

Psalms 4:4. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

Hold private communion with yourself, in a private place, at a private hour. “Be still.” We are far too noisy, most of us talk too much. It would often make men wiser if they were stiller. If a still tongue does not make a wise head, yet it tends that way.

Psalms 4:6. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

This is a capital rule for the whole of life. Serve God, and trust in him; do what is right, and rest in the God of right.

Psalms 4:6. There be many that say, who will shew us any good?

We all want to see anything that is really good, we do not care who shows it to us, even if it be the devil himself. ‘Who will shew us any good?” That question may have another meaning, for there are some who have no desire for spiritual good, for such good as God calls good.

Psalms 4:6. LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

David began the Psalm with a personal petition, “Hear me when I call,” but now he begins to glow in spirit, and as his prayer burns more vehemently he prays for others also: “Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.” This is our highest joy, this is our greatest good, to walk in the light or God’s countenance. If we have the favour of God, and know that we have it, we need ask for nothing else, for every other blessing is assured to those who have the favour of God.

Psalms 4:7. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

The harvest and the vintage were the two seasons of greatest joy in the East, they shouted “Harvest Home” with gladness that the fruits of the earth had again been ingathered, and they drank the new wine, and danced for joy; but David says to the Lord, “ Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. “ When God puts gladness in the heart, it is real gladness, for God is not the Giver of a sham joy; and it is lasting gladness, for God does not give temporary gifts. David says, “Thou hast put gladness in my heart,” and then he compares it with the gladness of the sons of men, and he says that his joy was greater than theirs when their earthly stores were increased. Boaz went to sleep on the threshing-floor, but he that sleeps upon the bosom of God has a far softer bed than that.

Psalms 4:8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

He who has Jehovah as his God is at home even when he is abroad, he is well guarded even when he has none upon earth to protect him, and he can go to sleep in calm confidence when others would be disturbed in mind and too timid to close their eyes.

This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 4, 5.

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CHAPTER FIVE

Psalm 5

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Psalms 5:1. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

Sometimes we pray right off, as David did when he cried to the Lord, “Hear me when I call.” At other times, we sit down to meditate, and think over what we want to say to the Lord in prayer, as David did when he said, “ ‘O Lord, consider my meditation.’ What I have considered do thou consider.” A well-considered prayer is very likely to succeed with God.

Psalms 5:2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry,-

“When I have not confidence or comfort enough to present a well-ordered prayer to thee; but, like a child in pain, cry unto thee, ‘Hearken unto the voice of my cry,’”-

Psalms 5:2. My King, and my God:

What! will a king hearken to a cry? Men generally prepare elaborate petitions when they come into the presence of royalty; but, although the Lord is far greater than all earthly sovereigns, he is far more condescending than they are.

Psalms 5:2. For unto the will I pray.

I trust that we all pray; I am sure that all believers do; but let us pray more, let us pray much more than we have done and let us each one truly say to the Lord, “ Unto thee will I pray.” He is a King, so serve him with your prayers. He is God, so adore him with your prayers, and if you can put both your hands on him, and say, as David did, “ My King, and my God,” what abundant motives you have for abounding in prayer to him

Psalms 5:3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD

“When the dew is on all nature, and on my spirit too, then shalt thou hear my voice in prayer. Before I go out into the world, my first thoughts shall be of thee.” Never see the face of man, beloved, until you have seen the face of God.

Psalms 5:3. In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Adjust your prayer as the archer fits his arrow on the bow, look up as you shoot it, and keep on looking up and looking out for an answer to your supplication. You cannot expect God to open the windows of heaven to pour you out a blessing if you do not open the windows of your expectation to look for it. If you look up in asking, God will look down in answering. It is well always to take good aim in prayer; some prayers are like random shots, they cannot be expected to hit the target; but David’s prayer was well aimed, and he expected it to prevail with God: “ In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.”

Psalms 5:4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

In both of these Psalms there is a clear line drawn between the righteous and the wicked, this is a line which still needs to be kept very clear, and we must all seek to know on which side of that line we are.

Psalms 5:5-6. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

These are strong words, but not too strong, God is not tolerant of evil and those who are most like him in other respects will be like him in this matter also.

Psalms 5:7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy:

“I will be like a child who goes in and out of his father’s door as often as he pleases because he is at home. I will not go there on my own merits, but ‘in the multitude of thy mercy.”’

Psalms 5:7. And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

There was no temple on earth when David wrote this Psalm, but God was his temple; and so the pious Jew opened the window, and looked towards Jerusalem, so do we look towards God upon the throne of grace in heaven, and seek to worship him in the beauty of holiness.

Psalms 5:8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

David does not say, “ Make my way straight, “ he does not want to have his own way, but he wants to walk in God’s way. Thus sweet submission blends with a desire for perfect obedience: “ Make thy way straight before my face.”

Psalms 5:9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;-

You cannot expect ungodly men to speak that which is right: “ there is no faithfulness in their mouth; “-

Psalms 5:9.Their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher;

Pouring out foul, putrid gas. They cannot speak without using filthy or blasphemous expressions, or if they do, there is falsehood lurking behind their words, for deceit and evil of all kinds are in their hearts.

Psalms 5:9. They flatter with their tongue.

Always beware of people who flatter you, and especially when they tell you that they do not flatter you, and that they know you cannot endure flattery, for you are then being most fulsomely flattered, so be on your guard against the tongue of the flatterer.

Psalms 5:10. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

“ It does not matter what they do against me; but, O Lord, ‘they have rebelled against thee.’” David speaks here like a judge pronouncing sentence upon the guilty,-not out of malice, but out of loyalty and devotion to God,

Psalms 5:11-12. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 4, 5.

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CHAPTER SIX

Psalm 6

CHARLES H. SPURGEON COMMENTARY

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Verses 1-10

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Here the psalmist asks for a visit from God, for he is sick at heart, heavy and depressed. Be very thankful if that is not your case; but if it is, be very grateful that here is a prayer ready-made for you. Here you are taught how to cry to God, and what to expect from him. If you are very sick and sad, you are not worse off than David was. Send for David’s Physician; you cannot have a better doctor than the royal Physician. He who waited on King David is prepared to wait on you.