The fool, the spiritually worthless, the madman in things pertaining to his soul's salvation, HATH SAID IN HIS HEART, it is his steady secret thought and delusion, THERE IS NO GOD. A person who denies the existence of God is truly foolish, filled with madness; he denies the evidences of his own sens... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE CORRUPTION OF NATURAL MAN AND THE LORD'S SALVATION. This psalm may well have been composed at the time when David was specially impressed with the wickedness of men, when he felt the oppression of persecution, or experienced the dangers of rebellion. He saw the great and apparently universal... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord looked down from heaven, bowing forward for the purpose of examining very closely, UPON THE CHILDREN OF MEN, TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY THAT DID UNDERSTAND, if any of the sons of Adam, any member of the human race, had an insight into divine things, AND SEEK GOD, acknowledging Him and His fel... [ Continue Reading ]
They are all gone aside, turning away from the path of righteousness and holiness which the divine will has set forth for them to walk, THEY ARE ALL TOGETHER BECOME FILTHY, tainted, filled with corruption, so that their stench rises to the nostrils of God; THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH GOOD, NO, NOT ONE,... [ Continue Reading ]
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? Are they so utterly stupid, devoid of all sense? Has the judgment upon them so stultified their minds that they believe their hypocrisy undiscovered by God? WHO EAT UP MY PEOPLE AS THEY EAT BREAD, not only supporting themselves by devouring the substanc... [ Continue Reading ]
There were they in great fear, namely, at the time when the thunder of Jehovah's wrath hurls them down, they cringe and cower in terror when His judgment approaches; FOR GOD IS IN THE GENERATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS, He protects and governs His children and brings about their complete victory over their... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, the wicked may do so, but in vain, the Lord cries out to them through the poet, BECAUSE THE LORD IS HIS REFUGE, Jehovah is his Stronghold, his Defense and Protection. But in view of these conditions the psalmist is constrained to call to the Lord for deliveran... [ Continue Reading ]
Oh, that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! Mount Zion, the place where the Ark of the Covenant had found its resting-place, was the place of the presence of God in the midst of His people. It was here that David looked for deliverance upon his poor people, the true believers, suffering... [ Continue Reading ]