Charles Spurgeon

Psalm 4 – Part Three 6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. We have now entered upon the third division of the Psalm, in which the faith of the afflicted one finds utterance in sweet expressions of contentment and peace. There […]

Psalm 4 – Part Two 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. In this second division of the Psalm, we are led from the closet of prayer into the field of conflict. Remark the undaunted courage of

Psalm 4 – Part One 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 is equally deserving of the title of THE EVENING HYMN. May the choice words of the 8th verse be our sweet

Psalm 3 – Part Two 3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. Here David avows his confidence in God. “Thou, O Lord, art a shield for me.” The word

Psalm 3 – Part One 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 of the night, he forded the brook Kedron, and went with a few faithful followers to hide himself for awhile from

Psalm 2 – Part Three 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. “Ask of me” It was a custom among

Psalm 2 – Part Two 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Let us now turn our eyes from the wicked counsel-chamber and raging tumult of man, to the secret place of the majesty of the Most High. What doth God say? What will the King do unto the

Psalm 2 – Part One TITLE. We shall not greatly err in our summary of this sublime Psalm if we call it THE PSALM OF MESSIAH THE PRINCE; for it sets forth, as in a wondrous vision, the tumult of the people against the Lord’s anointed, the determinate purpose of God to exalt his own

Psalm 1 – Part Two 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. “And he shall be like a tree planted“—not a wild tree, but “a tree planted,” chosen, considered

Psalm 1 – Part One TITLE. This Psalm may be regarded as THE PREFACE PSALM, having in it a notification of the contents of the entire Book. It is the psalmist’s desire to teach us the way to blessedness, and to warn us of the sure destruction of sinners. This, then, is the matter of