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Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease And with the contempt of the proud. Psalm 123:4 Deliver me, Jesus, From the desire of approval and the fear of humiliation. Gold Dust, 1880, French collection golden counsels for sanctification of daily life

Had it not been the Lord who was on our side.. Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul. Psalm 124:1a,5 Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. M. Beattie, b1948, author

Song of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds…  ( Click for more )

The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade on your right hand. Psalm 121:5 His hand can cool the heat of my burning brow, and stay the tumult of my palpitating heart. That glorious right hand which molded the world can new-create my mind; the unwearied hand which bears the earth's huge pillars up can sustain my spirit; the loving hand which encloses all the saints can cherish me; and the mighty hand which breaketh in pieces the enemy can subdue my sins. CH Spurgeon, 1834-92, British Reformed Baptist

The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night. Psalm…  ( Click for more )

The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked. Psalm 11:5a Tests expose the false and reveal the true. A.W. Tozer

God’s soul hates the one loving (evil). He shall rain snares on the wicked; fire and brimstone and a scorching wind* shall be the portion of their cup. Psalm 11:5b,6

Human brutes, like other beasts, are allured by their appetites to their destruction. Jonathan Swift *thought to reference the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and miseries in the desert.

For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face. Psalm 11:7…  ( Click for more )

You will cause Your ear to hear, To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more. Psalm 10:17c,18 Passionate and satirical invectives (mocking abusive words) against bad men do more hurt than good; let it be to God in prayer, for he alone can make them better. Matthew Henry, 1662-1714, was a Welsh-born, English nonconformist minister and Bible commentator

In the Lord I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain"? Psalm 11:1 Realize the danger of being an amateur providence, that…  ( Click for more )

Give me understanding according to Your word. Psalm 119:169b Word of God and inward light, Wake my spirit, clear my sight. Samuel Longfellow, 1819-92, American hymnwriter, brother to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet

Let my soul live that it may praise You, And let Your ordinances help me. Psalm 119:175 God fills our soul full of life, preserving it from wandering, giving it to enjoy the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, and letting it live to the fullness of life to the utmost possibilities of its new created being. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834-92 Deliver…  ( Click for more )

Your word is very pure; Therefore Your servant loves it. Psalm 119:140 As silver enriches its owner, so does the Word of God enrich its lovers. It strengthens the intellect, clears the judgment, enlarges the views, purifies the taste, quickens the imagination, and educates the whole man. F.B. Meyer, 1847-1929, English Baptist pastor, evangelist, involved in inner city ministry, author

My eyes anticipate the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word. Psalm 119:148 The night is the hallowed hour of quiet when believers hear the soft still voices of heaven,…  ( Click for more )

.I love Your commandments Above gold. Psalm 119:127a For those who fear God and walk uprightly, prosperity does not destroy the holiness of his life, or the humility of his heart. Charles Spurgeon, 1834-92

I esteem right all Your precepts concerning everything, I hate every false way. Psalm 119:128 God’s Word is to be the plumb line of life. Kay Arthur, teacher and author, Precept Ministries International

The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. Psalm 119:130 Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface…  ( Click for more )

You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word. Psalm 119:114 He who possesses faith in omnipotent God, dwells in an atmosphere of grace surrounded with the bodyguard of mercies. CH. Spurgeon, 1834-92

Depart from me, evildoers, That I may observe the commandments of my God. Psalm 119:115 The dangerous influence of fellowship with wicked men is but too evident from observation. From the extreme infirmity of our nature, it is the easiest thing in the world to contract pollution and catch infection. John Calvin, 1509-64, French reformer, theologian …  ( Click for more )

I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, For You Yourself have taught me. Psalm 119:102 God teaches the Christian to see things as they really are; therefore his will is brought into unison with God's will so that he loves to do what he ought to do. Robert Johnstone, minister of North Grimsby Church from 1860 to 1871, commentator of Epistle of James

From Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. Psalm 119:104 The mariner who knows how to avoid a storm, would do anything rather than run the risk of weathering it. Cautious pilots…  ( Click for more )

Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth. Psalm 119:88 I thank You right now for a more glorious answer to my prayer than I can imagine. Amen. Catherine Marshall, 1914-83American author

I have seen a limit to all perfection; Your commandment is exceedingly broad. Psalm 119:96 God has a full and complete answer to every question; yet man throws solutions this way and that, patches up failures and then criticizes truth staring them in the face.

Your commands make me wiser than my adversaries; they…  ( Click for more )

You are the helper of the fatherless. Psalm 10:14c God is not like a father, God is a father. Adrian Rogers, 1931-2005

Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; Seek out his wickedness until You find none. Psalm 10:15 Pray that God will overpower the sin by transforming the sinner.

Jehovah is King forever and ever; the nations have perished (vanished) out of His land. Psalm 10:16 There are some that rest in another salvation. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834-92, British Reformed Baptist, highly influential amongst Christians of different denominations …  ( Click for more )

The ungodly crouches, he lies low, That the helpless may fall by his strength. Psalm 10:10 Beasts cover their malicious designs with the pretence of meekness, humility, and kindness. They concern themselves in their victim’s concernments to make them fall, to make a prey of them. Matthew Henry, 1662-1714, was a Welsh-born, English nonconformist minister and Bible commentator

The ungodly says to himself, ‘God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees.’ Psalm 10:11 What better rational to do wrong than to minimize or deny the One who can either…  ( Click for more )