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The Lord expects to hear from you before you can expect to hear from Him.
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The metaphor derives from the husbandman's practice: he reserves a portion of grain annually for seed, though small compared to his harvest.
If we are rooted elsewhere, our life will be stunted and unhealthy.
A godly person cannot maintain spiritual vitality while dwelling among those who mock the ways of Adonai.
His enemies occupied positions of influence and control.
Why may we multiply requests before the throne?
He observed that many servants labor in obscurity, their virtues unnoticed by earthly masters, yet their work is recorded in the ledgers of Almighty Adonai *—* the Lord God.
First, *believing prayer* speaks of deliverance and help, looking to God alone as the sole source of rescue.
The psalmist cries, "Let thy mercies come unto me"—he opens the door of his heart and welcomes divine comfort as one would receive honored guests.
First, the object of love is clear: "Thy commandments"—not the psalmist's own desires or the world's counsel, but the very Word of Elohim *theos* (God).
First, he is blessed domestically—in wife and children—a sight so rare and beautiful that the Psalmist calls all to witness it.
First, David's afflictions reveal that even the righteous face enemies and dangers.
The Victorians, with Bible in hand, understood that Yahweh—who is "wise in counsel, benevolent in purpose, and almighty in power"—employs even the most destructive forces of nature as ministers of His will.
save me, O my God!"—expresses this dependence completely.
Aben-Ezra, the medieval Hebrew commentator, grasped this with clarity: their salvation shall be evident and conspicuous, just as a garment is.
Spurgeon perceived in this verse a magnificent architecture of the believer's spiritual experience, constructed in three movements.
He prayed: "Lord, let thy blessing so accompany my endeavours in their breedings, that all my sons may be Benaiahs, the Lord's building, and then they will all be Abners, their father's light; and that all my daughters may be...
The psalmist approaches Scripture not as mere literature but as the utterance of Elohim *Theos*—God Himself.
The original word *El* — meaning 'the Mighty One' — establishes God's supreme power and authority.
The Hebrew word *mashal* (similitude) carried the weight of mockery—so completely had the nation's condition deteriorated that "a miserable man" would be called "a Jew" in contempt, just as liars were branded "Cretans" and wretched slaves were named "Sardians." This...
Mercy (*eleos*) differs fundamentally from goodness—it presupposes guilt.
Spurgeon pressed this truth relentlessly: bring word that a man's estate is ruined—yet he answers, "My inheritance is safe." Tell him his wife, child, or dearest friend has died—yet he responds, "My Father lives." Inform him that death itself approaches—he...
When you sit before your meal, you behold a creature that once swam freely in waters or soared through heavens—now placed there by your authority.
Some have even become atheists in practice, though they claimed faith in theory.