88 O Lord, the God who saves me,
day and night I cry out before you.
Psa 88:1
Day and night I cry . . . before you—His distress had not blown out the sparks of his prayer, but thickened them into a greater ardency, till they burned perpetually like a furnace at full blast. His prayer was personal—whoever had not prayed, he had done so; it was intensely earnest, so that it was correctly described as a cry, such as children utter to move the pity of their parents; and it was unceasing, neither the business of the day nor the weariness of the night had silenced it: surely such entreaties could not be in vain. Perhaps, if Heman's pain had not been incessant his supplications might have been intermittent; it is a good thing that sickness will not let us rest if we spend our restlessness in prayer. Day and night are both suitable to prayer; it is no work of darkness, therefore let us go with Daniel and pray when men can see us, yet, since supplication needs no light, let us accompany Jacob and wrestle at Jabbok till the day breaketh. Evil is transformed to good when it drives us to prayer. One expression of the text is worthy of special note; "before you" is a remarkable intimation that the Psalmist's cries had an aim and a direction towards the Lord, and were not the mere clamours of nature, but the groanings of a gracious heart towards Jehovah, the God who saves. Of what use are arrows shot into the air? The archer's business is to look well at the mark he drives at. Prayers must be directed to heaven with earnest care. So thought Heman—his cries were all meant for the heart of his God. He had no eye to onlookers as Pharisees have, but all his prayers were before his God.
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
God Implored to Confound His Enemies
83 O God, do not keep silent;
be not quiet, O God, be not still.
Psa 83:1
Be not quiet—Or, "be not deaf" to the cries and tears of his people, and to the reproaches, menaces, and blasphemies of wicked men:
Be not quiet, O God, be not still—Here the appeal is to EL., the Mighty One. He is entreated to act and speak, because his nation suffers and is in great jeopardy. How entirely the psalmist looks to God; he asks not for "a leader bold and brave," or for any form of human force, but casts his burden upon the Lord, being well assured that his eternal power and Godhead could meet every difficulty of the case.
O God, be not still—Or, "quiet," at rest and ease, inactive and unconcerned, as if he cared not how things went; the reason follows.
http://www.spurgeon.org/treasury/ps083.htm
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Used by permission www.onlinebible.us
אל־תחרש "ne obsurdescas," Vatablus; "ne surdum agas," Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "ne quasi surdus et mutus sis," Michaelis.
אל תשקט "ne quiescas," Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus; "neque quietus sis," Michaelis.
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be not quiet, O God, be not still.
Psa 83:1
Be not quiet—Or, "be not deaf" to the cries and tears of his people, and to the reproaches, menaces, and blasphemies of wicked men:
Be not quiet, O God, be not still—Here the appeal is to EL., the Mighty One. He is entreated to act and speak, because his nation suffers and is in great jeopardy. How entirely the psalmist looks to God; he asks not for "a leader bold and brave," or for any form of human force, but casts his burden upon the Lord, being well assured that his eternal power and Godhead could meet every difficulty of the case.
O God, be not still—Or, "quiet," at rest and ease, inactive and unconcerned, as if he cared not how things went; the reason follows.
http://www.spurgeon.org/treasury/ps083.htm
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Used by permission www.onlinebible.us
אל־תחרש "ne obsurdescas," Vatablus; "ne surdum agas," Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "ne quasi surdus et mutus sis," Michaelis.
אל תשקט "ne quiescas," Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus; "neque quietus sis," Michaelis.
Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of International Bible Society.
“NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark office by International Bible Society.
Friday, May 28, 2010
A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help 1
79 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants
as food to the birds of the air,
the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Psa 79:1
They have defiled your holy temple—This was not only the highest degree of the enemy's inhumanity and barbarity, . . . but also a calamity to the people of God never to be sufficiently deplored. For by the overthrow of the temple the true worship of God, which had been instituted at that temple alone, appeared to be extinguished, and the knowledge of God to vanish from among mankind. No pious heart could ponder this without the greatest grief.—Mollerus.
Psa 79:1-5
God is complained to: whither should children go but to a Father able and willing to help them? See what a change sin made in the holy city, when the nations were suffered to pour in upon them. God's own people defiled it by their sins, therefore he suffered their enemies to defile it by their insolence. They desired that God would be reconciled. Those who desire God's favour as better than life, cannot but dread his wrath as worse than death. In every affliction we should first beseech the Lord to cleanse away the guilt of our sins; then he will visit us with his tender mercies.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
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they have defiled your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants
as food to the birds of the air,
the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Psa 79:1
They have defiled your holy temple—This was not only the highest degree of the enemy's inhumanity and barbarity, . . . but also a calamity to the people of God never to be sufficiently deplored. For by the overthrow of the temple the true worship of God, which had been instituted at that temple alone, appeared to be extinguished, and the knowledge of God to vanish from among mankind. No pious heart could ponder this without the greatest grief.—Mollerus.
Psa 79:1-5
God is complained to: whither should children go but to a Father able and willing to help them? See what a change sin made in the holy city, when the nations were suffered to pour in upon them. God's own people defiled it by their sins, therefore he suffered their enemies to defile it by their insolence. They desired that God would be reconciled. Those who desire God's favour as better than life, cannot but dread his wrath as worse than death. In every affliction we should first beseech the Lord to cleanse away the guilt of our sins; then he will visit us with his tender mercies.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of International Bible Society.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Lamps Are Placed on the Lampstand 2
2 "Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.'"
Num 8:2
When you set up the . . . lamps—The priests lighted the middle lamp from the fire of the altar; and the rest one from another; signifying that all light and knowledge comes from Christ, who has the seven spirits of God, figured by the seven lamps of fire.
The area in front of the lampstand—On that part which is before the
lampstand, Heb. the area in front of the
lampstand—That is, in that place towards which the lampstand looked, or where the lampstand stood in full view, that is, upon the north-side, where the table of shew-bread stood, as appears from hence, because the lampstand stood close to the boards of the sanctuary on the south-side, Exo 26:35. And thus the lights were on both sides of the sanctuary, which was necessary, because it was dark in itself, and had no window.
http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/tag/creation-week/
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Wesley, John. "Commentary on Numbers 8." "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible.". 1765.
Num 8:2
When you set up the . . . lamps—The priests lighted the middle lamp from the fire of the altar; and the rest one from another; signifying that all light and knowledge comes from Christ, who has the seven spirits of God, figured by the seven lamps of fire.
The area in front of the lampstand—On that part which is before the
lampstand, Heb. the area in front of thelampstand—That is, in that place towards which the lampstand looked, or where the lampstand stood in full view, that is, upon the north-side, where the table of shew-bread stood, as appears from hence, because the lampstand stood close to the boards of the sanctuary on the south-side, Exo 26:35. And thus the lights were on both sides of the sanctuary, which was necessary, because it was dark in itself, and had no window.
http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/tag/creation-week/
Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of International Bible Society.
“NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark office by International Bible Society.
Wesley, John. "Commentary on Numbers 8." "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible."
Lamps Are Placed on the Lampstand 1
8 The Lord said to Moses,
Num 8:1-4
Aaron himself set up the lamps,thus representing his Divine Master. The Scripture is a light shining in a dark place, 2Pe 1:19. A dark place even the church would be without it; as the tabernacle, which had no window, would have been without the lamps. The
work of ministers is to light these lamps, by expounding and applying the word of God. Jesus Christ is the only Light of our dark, sinful world; and by his atonement, by his word and the Holy Spirit, he diffuses light around.
Henry, Matthew. "Concise Commentary on Numbers 8." "Matthew Henry Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible.".
http://dwellingintheword.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/25-aaron-with-lampstand.jpg
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“NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark office by International Bible Society.
Num 8:1-4
Aaron himself set up the lamps,thus representing his Divine Master. The Scripture is a light shining in a dark place, 2Pe 1:19. A dark place even the church would be without it; as the tabernacle, which had no window, would have been without the lamps. The
work of ministers is to light these lamps, by expounding and applying the word of God. Jesus Christ is the only Light of our dark, sinful world; and by his atonement, by his word and the Holy Spirit, he diffuses light around.
Henry, Matthew. "Concise Commentary on Numbers 8." "Matthew Henry Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible."
http://dwellingintheword.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/25-aaron-with-lampstand.jpg
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“NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark office by International Bible Society.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The Reign of the Righteous King 1
72 Endow the king with your justice, O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
Psa 72:1
This psalm belongs to Solomon in part, but to Christ more fully and clearly. Solomon was both the king and the royal son, and his pious father desired that the wisdom of God might be in him, that his reign might be a remembrance of the kingdom of the Messiah. It is the prayer of a father for his child; a dying blessing. The best we can ask of God for our children is, that God would give them wisdom and grace to know and to do their duty.
The royal son with your righteousness—Solomon was both king and royal son; so also is our Lord. He has power and authority in himself, and also royal dignity given of his Father. He is the righteous king; in a word, he is "the Lord our righteousness." We are waiting till he shall be manifested among men as the ever righteous Judge. May the Lord hasten on his own time the long looked for day. Now wars and fightings are even in Israel itself, but soon the dispensation will change, and David, the type of Jesus warring with our enemies, shall be displaced by Solomon the prince of peace.
Henry, Matthew. "Concise Commentary on Psalm 72." "Matthew Henry Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible.".
Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of International Bible Society.
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the royal son with your righteousness.
Psa 72:1
This psalm belongs to Solomon in part, but to Christ more fully and clearly. Solomon was both the king and the royal son, and his pious father desired that the wisdom of God might be in him, that his reign might be a remembrance of the kingdom of the Messiah. It is the prayer of a father for his child; a dying blessing. The best we can ask of God for our children is, that God would give them wisdom and grace to know and to do their duty.
The royal son with your righteousness—Solomon was both king and royal son; so also is our Lord. He has power and authority in himself, and also royal dignity given of his Father. He is the righteous king; in a word, he is "the Lord our righteousness." We are waiting till he shall be manifested among men as the ever righteous Judge. May the Lord hasten on his own time the long looked for day. Now wars and fightings are even in Israel itself, but soon the dispensation will change, and David, the type of Jesus warring with our enemies, shall be displaced by Solomon the prince of peace.
Henry, Matthew. "Concise Commentary on Psalm 72." "Matthew Henry Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible."
Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of International Bible Society.
“NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark office by International Bible Society.
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