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The double plea—goodness as God's nature and goodness as God's action—becomes the believer's anchor when knowledge fails.
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The Spirit of God who *indited* (inspired) this scripture ensured that David's penman understood a glorious truth: the Gentiles should have the use of his Psalms.
The psalmist declares, "Thou didst deliver them"—referring to the faithful fathers who cried unto the Lord and were rescued.
George Herbert, that most luminous of Christian poets, captured this vision magnificently: holiness crowns the head, light and perfections adorn the breast, and harmonious bells below raise the dead to life and rest.
Yet among all God's gifts, salvation stands supreme, both as our greatest need and His greatest gift.
In what sense does the Almighty cast off His people?
In Psalm 132, David and his successors appealed to God's solemn covenant spoken through Nathan the prophet, words so momentous they remained fresh in Israel's memory for generations.
I am thy part and thine inheritance' (Numbers 18:20).
First, consider what the good man loses by gaining the world's approval.
Spurgeon discerned in this verse a sermon for every loiterer and procrastinator in God's kingdom.
We do not live by a single mercy granted at conversion or at some pivotal moment.
Their liberation was so extraordinary that the people scarcely believed it themselves—they felt as men awakening from a dream, uncertain whether their deliverance was real or mere imagination.
The psalmist chose God's testimonies—a choice subject indeed.
John Trapp captures the tragedy with vivid precision: the people were "sticking in the bark, bringing me the bare shell without the kernel." Imagine a worshipper approaching the altar with perfect ceremony, every ritual executed flawlessly, yet the soul behind...
Spurgeon identified three categories of sorrow that warrant our attention.
The law of Yahweh is not merely studied; it is beloved.
The kings of Babylon and Jerusalem wage eternal war—representing the world and the church in perpetual conflict.
And mark again the wondrous readiness of mercy, that when we call, He heareth us.
Yahweh emphasizes through repetition what He intends His people to grasp firmly: the inheritance of the righteous is certain and eternal.
The first, *El* (אל), designates Elohim as the Mighty One—the Supreme Power who sustains all creation.
After Christianity's establishment, no further dispensation of Divine will shall follow.
David declares, "In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word." This dual invocation reveals a profound commitment transcending circumstance.
yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth" (Psalm 119:103).
First, God's favour is the one thing needful.