In this Psalm is the conflict between reason and faith, reason objecting and faith answering. Faith begins with holy desires towards God and communion with Him. We are not told who penned this psalm, but it was most probably David at a time when, either by Saul’s persecution or Absalom’s rebellion, he was driven from […]
Psalm 42 – Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul? Read More »
God’s kindness and truth have often been the support and comfort of the saints when they have had the worst of man’s unkindness and treachery. David found it to be on a sick-bed. He found his enemies very barbarous, but his God very gracious. Is any afflicted with sickness? let him sing the beginning of
Psalm 41 – O Lord, Be Gracious to Me Read More »
David penned this psalm when he had been delivered from some great trouble by the grace and power of God. The same Spirit that composed his praises for that deliverance was at the same time, a Spirit of prophecy, testifying of the sufferings of Christ. This Psalm teaches us that if we embrace the prophecy
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David seems to have been in dire straits when he penned this psalm. It is with some difficulty that he conquers his emotions and composes his spirit. This is a funeral psalm and teaches us the brevity, uncertainty and calamitous state of human life. Those who are in need of God’s comforts will find this
Psalm 39 – Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness Read More »
This Psalms is full of grief and complaint from the beginning to the end. David’s sins and his afflictions are the cause of his grief and the matter of his complaints. It seems that now he is sick and in pain, which reminded him of his sins and humbles him. At the same time, he
Psalm 38 – A Repentant Sufferer’s Plea for Healing Read More »
This Psalm teaches us to admonish one another to understand the providence of God. We need to learn to accommodate ourselves to it and at all times carefully do our duty and then patiently leave events with God. We can believe that, however black things may look for the present, it shall be “well with
Psalm 37 – Part 2 – Man’s Wickedness and God’s Perfections Read More »
This Psalm is a sermon written not for our devotion, but for our conversation. There is nothing in it of prayer or praise, but it is all instruction. It is an exposition of the advancement of the wicked and the humiliation of the righteous. It offers a solution for the difficulties that arise and an
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It is uncertain when David penned this psalm, probably when he was struck at by Saul or by Absalom, for in it he complains of the malice of his enemies. But he triumphs in the goodness of God to him. This psalm teaches our hearts be affected with the hatred of sin and the satisfaction
Psalm 36 – Man’s Wickedness and God’s Perfections Read More »
In the latter part of Psalm 35, David appeals to the Lord, the Avenger of His people. He cries out to the One who would vindicate him and be a so cause of praise to His holy name. Psalm 35:15-28 – A Psalm of David But in my adversity they rejoiced And gathered together; Attackers gathered
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David, in this Psalm, appeals to the righteous Judge of heaven and earth against his enemies who hated and persecuted him. It is supposed that Saul and his party are the people he meant, for with them he had the greatest struggles. We can apply this Psalm to any little peevish quarrels of our own.
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