Major Prophets He has devoured the widow's house, and yet he prays. Psalm 108 . Poetical Books psa 108:0. The Treasury of David, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, ... Psalms Chapter 108. The two Psalms, 117th and 118th, are placed together because, though each is a distinct portion in itself, the 117th is an exordium to that which follows it, an address and an invitation to the Gentile and heathen world to acknowledge and praise Jehovah. To use the same words continually and never utter a new song would show great slothfulness, and would lead to dead formalism, but we need not regard novelty of language as at all essential to devotion, nor strain after it as an urgent necessity. "I will rejoice. The prayer in Psalms 57:1, which preceded the praise, was earnest, and fervent, and confident, yet it did not reach so high a note as this: —. The enemies with whom we battled in our youth are yet alive, and we shall have more brushes with them before we die, but, blessed be God, we are by no means dismayed at the prospect, for we expect to triumph over them even more easily than aforetime. Though I have many wars to disturb me, and many cares to toss me to and fro, yet I am settled in one mind and cannot be driven from it. It is the Spirit of Immanuel that thus makes intercession for his well remembered people according to God. This somewhat difficult expression may be thus explained. Wisdom Literature One passage only seems to bear upon it, Isa 63:1, and from this we learn that it is from Edom as the last scene of his vengeance, the conquering Messiah will come forth, "clothed with a vesture dipped in blood." I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. "That thy beloved [ones] may be delivered, save with thy right hand and answer me." (Ps. By Topic. I will divide and portion out Shechem and the valley of Succoth. (Psalm 108:1–13). THE MISDEEDS OF THE WICKED (vers. Faith is neither a coward nor a sluggard: she knows that God is with her, and therefore she does valiantly; she knows that he will tread down her enemies, and therefore she arises to tread them down in his name. Edom cannot be entered by any human power, yet from its fastnesses the robber bands come rushing down; therefore, O Lord, do thou interpose and give thy people deliverance. Adam. The best and brightest hours of the day shall find me heartily aroused to bless my God. Indeed; meditation is not only the busying the thoughts, but the centring of them; not only the employing of them, but the staking them down upon some spiritual affair. As men wash their feet after a long journey, and so are revived, so vanquished difficulties serve to refresh us: we use Moab for a washpot. He only mentioned his distress after setting his heart and mind right with praise from his entire being. 1 O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. "Manasseh is mine." Psalms 108:1-5. "That thy beloved may be delivered: save.". Psalm 108:7. This Edom is therefore named with anxiety, because after its overthrow, Messiah will shine out "King of kings, and Lord of lords," Rev 19:13-16. Both with voice and music will I extol thee—"I will sing and play," as some read it. 1-5). And even Charles Spurgeon said the psalm represented “no small d… Minor Prophets 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. Alas, it is to be feared that the Lord's name is profaned rather than honoured among the heathen by many who are named by the name of Christ. It is my glory to be able to speak and not to be a dumb animal, therefore my voice shall show forth thy praise; it is my glory to know God and not to be a heathen, and therefore my instructed intellect shall adore thee; it is my glory to be a saint and no more a rebel, therefore the grace I have received shall bless thee; it is my glory to be immortal and not a mere brute which perisheth, therefore my inmost life shall celebrate thy majesty. On the other side Jordan as well as on this the land must be put in order, and secured against all wandering marauders. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. Well did Charles Wesley say:—. His hand shall lead him even to Petra, which seems unapproachable by human strength. Rashi observes, "The dawn awakes the other kings; but I, said David, will awake the dawn.". This prayer has often fallen from the lips of men who have been bitterly disappointed by their fellows, and it has also been poured out unto the Lord in the presence of some gigantic labour in which mortal power is evidently of no avail. King James Version. We, through the cloud, believe thy grace, Petra is strong and hard to enter: the Psalmist warrior knows that he cannot enter the city by his own power, and he therefore asks who is to help him. But, then, for its own deliverance and blessing it looks to the exalting of God. Verse 7. Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord." Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Yet never sleep the sun up; prayer should Spurgeon.). Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. It is a blessed thought, and this is what faith has to lay hold of now, even in the time of trial, that our blessing and God's glory are one, only we must put his glory first. A Song or Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. The soul when it meditates lays a command on itself, that the thoughts which are otherwise flitting and feathery should fix upon its object; and so this duty is very advantageous. To praise God makes a man both happier and holier, stronger and bolder—as the succeeding verses show. Praise with excellence - with my glory. As the heavens over arch the whole earth, and from above mercy pours down upon men, so shalt thou be praised everywhere beneath the sky. Verse 3. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. Released in 2001 on the Psalmody album. Poetical Books -------------------- 3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. It was fulfilled to David, but it remains true to the Son of David and all who are on his side. ... Charles Spurgeon. A servant of thy blessed will, We think too much of God's foes and talk of them with too much respect. Verse 2. He who gives us Gilead and Manasseh will not fail to put the rest of the promised territory into our hands. No other tribe could lawfully govern but Judah: till Shiloh came the divine decree fixed the legal power in that state. who will lead me into Edom?" If God calls David to take Petra, he shall take Petra. -------------------- General Epistles Verse 1. The New Testament A Song or Psalm of David. 1-5). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point None but the elect of God who have obtained "like precious faith" can sing—. A song of imprecation. Pauline Epistles Verse 13. Verse 11 (second clause).—Whether God will go forth with our hosts depends upon—Who they are? In a different strain, a strain of sarcasm and contempt, he announces his pleasure respecting his vanquished enemies." The sweet singer is sure that Edom shall be captured, because he cannot and will not believe that God will refrain from going forth with the armies of his chosen people. Between heaven and us; the manna was not good Send it in our time, we beseech thee, O Lord. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Psalm 108. I will boast in … The first is the response of a humble servant of Christ—“So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do” (Luke 17:10). Under the leadership of the Almighty, he felt so secure of conquering even fierce Edom itself that he looks upon it as a mere slave, over which he could exult with impunity. For preservation: quotations authenticate originals, a writing in two copies is safer than in one. The New Testament His mercy is great—that mercy sung of lately (Psa 107:1, 43). We cannot find it in our heart to dismiss this psalm by merely referring the reader first to Psa 57:7-11 and then to Psa 60:5-12, though it will be at once seen that those two portions of Scripture are almost identical with the verses before us. -------------------- 3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. Verse 11.—He who came victorious from Edom, and with garments dyed in the blood of his passion from Bozrah, will henceforth now go forth with the armies of the true Israel,—for what are hosts without the Lord of hosts?—to subdue their enemy. Psalm 108:3 I will praise You, O LORD, among the peoples; I will sing Your praises among the nations. This seven volume "magnum opus", by Charles H. Spurgeon, was first published in weekly installments over a twenty-year span in the London Metropolitan Tabernacle's periodical, The Sword and the Trowel. "O God, my heart is fixed. The great Charles Spurgeon wrote of Psalm 108, “The Holy Spirit is not so short of expressions that he needs to repeat himself…there must be some other intention in the arrangement of two former divine utterances in a new connection.” We cannot too often with fixed heart resolve to magnify the Lord; nor need we ever hesitate to use the same words in drawing near to God, for the Lord who cannot endure vain repetitions is equally weary of vain variations. Whoever may come to hear me, devout or profane, believer or heathen, civilized or barbarian, I shall not cease my music. What weapons do they use? Finding the new version too difficult to understand? Psalm 109. Moab I will use as a vessel to wash my feet in. A song of imprecation. And let my consecrated lyre We need not that any new agency should be created, God can strengthen our present hosts and enable them to do all that is needed; all that is wanted even for the conquest of a world is that the Lord go forth with such forces as we already have. Home conquests come first. His Impudence! A complete set of The Treasury of David in book form is available from Pilgrim Publications, PO Box 66, Pasadena, TX 77501. Only when a thoroughly enraptured soul speaks in the instrument can music be acceptable with God: as mere musical sound the Lord can have no pleasure therein, he is only pleased with the thought and feeling which are thus expressed. Verse 8.—"Ephraim also is the strength of mine head." What a Psalm this is! Audio/MP3 by Joe Morecraft III. Would to God that wherever professing Christians travel they would carry the praises of the Lord with them! He will sing and praise, and will do so with his glory, which is likely his tongue, his faculty of speech. In the former they were prophetic of prosperity yet to come, and consolatory in the expectation of approaching troubles. The passage served as a fine close for one psalm, and it makes an equally noteworthy opening for another. Christian Character. O for more of this real and living faith. II. Even though I have to shout in the battle I will also sing in my soul, and if my fingers must needs be engaged with the bow, yet shall they also touch the ten stringed instrument and show forth thy praise. Pentateuch He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Pauline Epistles The Church shall yet arouse herself to praise her God with all her heart, and then with songs and hosannas she will advance to the great battle; her foes shall be overthrown and utterly crushed by the power of her God, and the Lord's glory shall be above all the earth. Aforetime the Lord had made large promises to David, and these his holiness had guaranteed. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Let my prayer avail for all the beloved ones. Spurgeon.). Now thou arrayest thine awful face The office of washing the feet was in the East commonly performed by slaves, and the meanest of the family, as appears from what Abigail said to David when he took her to wife, "Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord," 1Sa 25:41; and from the fact of our Saviour washing his disciples' feet, to give them an example of humility, John 8:5. For confirmation: "Rejoice in the Lord, and again I say rejoice:" they went through Syria and Cilicia again confirming the churches. It is to be feared that some leave their religion when they leave their homes. O God, my heart is fixed (v. 1). 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As we know a garden which is watered with sudden showers is more uncertain in its fruit than when it is refreshed with a constant stream; so when our thoughts are sometimes on good things, and then run off; when they only take a glance of a holy object, and then flit away, there is not so much fruit brought into the soul. Hold not Thy peace, O God of my praise. Lib. Hold not Thy peace, O God of my praise. Charles Spurgeon. When the soul, meditating upon something divine, saith as the disciples in the transfiguration (Mat 17:4), "It is good to be here.". God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 2011. This seven volume "magnum opus", by Charles H. Spurgeon, was first published in weekly installments over a twenty-year span in the London Metropolitan Tabernacle's periodical, The Sword and the Trowel. Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. "I will divide Shechem." Verse 11. We are to say that we are unprofitable servants, and when w… I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. -------------------- The work remains in print today in several editions. He can bring us into the strong city even by such weak weapons as we wield today. (Spurgeon, C. H. Lectures to my Students: Commenting and Commentaries)Rosscup adds: This is one of the more thorough older exegetical works on the Hebrew … When the help of man is vain, we shall not find it vain to seek the help of God. THE MISDEEDS OF THE WICKED (vers. DIVISION.—First we have an utterance dictated by the spirit of praise, Psa 108:1-5; then a second deliverance evoked by the spirit of believing prayer, Psa 108:6-12; and then a final word of resolve (Psa 108:13), as the warrior hears the war trumpet summoning him to join battle immediately, and therefore marches with his fellow soldiers at once to the fray. etc. And fill with sacred melody But what God has spoken is a still further reason for gladness, for he has declared "the sure mercies of David," and promised to establish his seed upon his throne, and to subdue all his enemies. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Then, secondly, it signifies fixed. Duration 4:42. "Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?" we need not be discouraged if we perceive no secondary agent, for we may then fall back upon the great Promiser himself, and believe that he himself will perform his word unto us. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Psalm 108:3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. TITLE AND SUBJECT. That marvellous rock-city of the Edomites is surrounded by rocks some of which are three hundred feet high, and a single path twelve in width leads to it. Some rejoicing leads to inaction, but not that which is grounded upon a lively faith in the promise of God. Passwords should have at least 6 characters. Re-arrangement is here sanctioned by inspiration. Steve Rutledge. Psalms 108:6-9. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point By the aid of God's Spirit we can both pray ourselves up to praise, or praise the Lord till we get into a fit frame for prayer. Spurgeon.). For God's sake, that his glory might be everywhere revealed, he longed to see heaven and earth full of the divine praise. Verse 12.—"Give us help from trouble," etc. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. There are times when to answer me is to deliver the church—at such times I have a powerful plea. "For thy mercy is great above the heavens," and therefore there must be no limit of time, or place, or people, when that mercy is to be extolled. As each section was completed it was published as a volume until the seventh and final volume was released in 1885. Pauline Epistles When he says I will, he supposes that there might be some temptation to refrain, but this he puts on one side, and with fixed heart prepares himself for the joyful engagement. A distinct reason for hope to light upon. Happy man, to have thus made his choice to be the Lord's musician, he retains his office as the Poet Laureate of the kingdom of heaven, and shall retain it till the crack of doom. If we gratefully acknowledge what we have we shall be in better heart for obtaining that which as yet we have not received. They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Verse 4. Verse 1.—Meditation is a fixed duty. ... Psalm 107:32-43 Remember the Giver; Psalm 108:1-13 What Is Your Heart Condition? Many commentators have been reduced to saying something like, “We know it is inspired, but we don’t have to like it.” The great C.S. -------------------- TITLE AND SUBJECT. It is easy praying for the Lord's beloved, for we feel sure of a favourable answer, since the Lord's heart is already set upon doing them good: yet it is solemn work to plead when we feel that the condition of a whole beloved nation depends upon what the Lord means to do with us whom he has placed in a representative position. Verse 13.—How, when, and why a believer should do valiantly. 6-20). What is their object? Hence the commencement of one psalm is the close of another. Taken from The Treasury of David by Charles Spurgeon Part VIII: Psalms 106-118 "Oh, give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good! Poetical Books The work remains in print today in several editions. Opposite of heart fixed. In Psa 57:7-11 these notes of praise follow prayer and grow out of it; but in this case the psalmist begins at once to sing and give praise, and afterwards prays to God in a remarkably confident manner, so that he seems rather to seize the blessing than to entreat for it. "Gilead is mine." Verses 4-6.—There is great confidence here, and, as ever, mercy to the soul which knows itself and comes before truth. We will Philistia's land invade. Johannine Writings "Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man." O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Verse 1.—"My heart is fixed." Gataker and Lev Clerc illustrate this text from an anecdote related by Herodotus, concerning Amasis, king of Egypt, who expressed the meanness of his own origin by comparing himself to a pot for washing the feet in, (Herod. Bible / Our Library / Bible Commentaries / John Gill's Exposition of the Bible / Psalms / Psalms 108; Share Tweet. General Epistles See 1Ch 17:1-27, and note that in the next chapter David began to act vigorously against his enemies, even as in this Psalm he vows to do. The overall effect is to produce a psalm with a new emphasis that James Boice described as “a warriors morning psalm”. [2] [3] John Paul II said that the fusion of Psalms 57 and 60 with Psalm 108 shows that "Israel, already in the Old Testament, was re-using and bringing up-to-date the Word of God revealed". "Even with my glory"—with my intellect, my tongue, my poetic faculty, my musical skill, or whatever else causes me to be renowned, and confers honour upon me. There is a true theological balancing act that is able to handle two very different sentiments that are both found in Scripture. Sometimes we must climb to praise by the ladder of prayer, and at other times we must bless God for the past in order to be able in faith to plead for the present and the future. The sweetness of the Sabbath morning early prayer-meeting. Therefore shall the song be lifted high and the psalm shall peal forth without stint of far resounding music. His Profanity! Thy faithful promise makes us strong; My heart has taken hold and abides in one resolve. "Awake, psaltery and harp." Lewis stumbled over it, saying that God put it in Scripture so that we might have an example of how not to behave. David felt that the case demanded the right hand of God,—his wisest, speediest, and most efficient interposition, and he feels sure of obtaining it for himself, since his cause involved the safety of the chosen people. Verse 9.—"Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast my shoe." This is the exclamation of the representative head of the people, when he ponders upon the divine utterance. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Verse 1.—"With my glory." Verse 1.—"O God, my heart is fixed." Even thus do we plead with the Lord that as in one land and another Christ's holy gospel has been set up and maintained, so also in other lands the power of his sceptre of grace may be owned till the whole earth shall bow before him, and the Edom of Antichrist shall be crushed beneath his feet. Psalm 108 - Determined to Worship. Where praise and prayer have preceded the battle, we may expect to see heroic deeds and decisive victories. We cannot find it in our heart to dismiss this psalm by merely referring the reader first to Psalms 57:7-11 and then to Psalms 60:5-12, though it will be at once seen that those two portions of Scripture are almost identical with the verses before us. What is their motive and spirit? THE CRY FOR MERCY (vers. Christs' Faith in God - Psalm 108. Luke-Acts c. Your beloved: David understood that God loved him, and he appealed to God on that basis. Secure of thy compassion still. Major Prophets -------------------- Under typical terms we are taught to make use of all sanctified means for stirring of us up unto God's service: for this the psalmist intends, when he saith, "Awake psaltery and harp." Thy right hand shall thy people aid; If God has spoken we may well be glad: the very fact of a divine revelation is a joy. Psalm 108 is actually made up of the endings of two earlier psalms of David, Psalm 57:7-11 and Psalm 60:5-12. "God hath spoken in his holiness." Ruth 4:7. As of sorrow and joy. The New Testament The city itself is partly hewn out of the cloven rocks, and its ruins, which however belong to a later period, fill travellers with amazement. Foes must be dislodged from Israel's territory, and lands properly settled and managed. In the latter, they are eucharistic for mercies already received, and descriptive of the glorious things which God has prepared for his Son and for Israel his people. "In his holiness," in the immutable integrity of his heart, which was an infallible guarantee for the fulfilment of his promise. Of hymns, of prayers, of sermons. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. It is not a cursory work. The whole earth with its overhanging dome would seem too scant an orchestra, and all the faculties of all mankind too little for the hallelujah. He sat before the Lord in a wonder of joy. The prophet saith his heart was ready, so the old translation hath it; the new translation, "My heart is fixed." In meditation, then, there must be a fixing of the heart upon the object, a steeping the thoughts, as holy David: "O God, my heart is fixed." Opposite of heart fixed. Christian Life. A Song or Psalm of David. David’s mind understood that there were many others that God loved, but his heart came to God as if he were the … Ephraim is my strength in war: my horn of defence. -------------------- Johannine Writings His Holiness? - The prayer of a representative man. Psalm 108:1 A Song or Psalm of David. Psalms 107:4. There had he seated the government and chief courts of justice. Used by Permission. Wisdom Literature Ephraim and Judah, Moab and Philistia, the Jew first and then the Gentile, were to be brought to confess him as their Lord. Thus in gracious and flattering words, the victor addresses his confederates and subjects. - God's voice the cause of joy, the reason for action, the guarantee of success. He had not entered yet into its rock built fortresses, but since the Lord was with him he felt sure that he would do so. "Over Philistia will I triumph." T. W. Chambers, D. D. I. 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. I will call up the dawn.      To sound the praise divine. - A Song or Psalm of David, - To be sung jubilantly as a national hymn, or solemnly as a sacred Psalm. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible 4. With what ardour should such an one pour out his soul! "Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.". If the Lord had meant to destroy us he would not have spoken to us as he has done. Verse 5. Whole Psalm.—Parts of two former psalms are here united in one. Faith leads on to strong desire for the realization of the promise, and hence the practical question, "Who will bring me into the strong city? The casting off will not last long when faith so gloriously keeps her hold. Jesus the sole and only lawmaker in the church. Verse 7.—God's voice the cause of joy, the reason for action, the guarantee of success. We read that "David smote the Philistines and subdued them" (2Sa 8:1), even as he hath smitten Edom and filled it with his garrisons. Pauline Epistles That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? 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