October 29, 2017

The Trees in God's Court   “Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; to show that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.”— …

Psalms:92:13-15

October 29, 2017

Enlivening and Invigorating   “Quicken thou me according to thy word.”— Psalm cxix. 25.   You will frequently find David uttering this petition; it is a favourite prayer of his: “Quicken thou me, O Lord!” And, as David was like the rest of us — indeed, his experience is the mirror of the experience of all believers — you …

Psalms:119:25

January 1, 1970

Psalms:101:2

January 1, 1970

A Sacred Solo   “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.”— Psalm xxviii. 7.   THIS passage has, to my mind, a peculiar charm. I do not know whether it breaks on your ear with like …

Psalms:28:7

January 1, 1970

There Go the Ships   “There go the ships.” — Psalm civ. 26.   I WAS walking the other day by the side of the sea, looking out upon the English Channel. It so happened that there was a bad wind for the vessels going down the Channel, and they were lying in great numbers between the shore and …

Psalms:104:26

January 1, 1970

THE SINGING PILGRIM.   “Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.” — Psalm cxix. 54.   THE one-hundred-and-nineteenth Psalm is said by many to consist of detached sentences, and to be rather a casket of gold rings than a chain of united golden links; yet the position of this verse is somewhat remarkable, for …

Psalms:119:54

January 1, 1970

MY SOLACE IN MY AFFLICTION.   “For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine …

Psalms:119:89-92

January 1, 1970

To Souls in Agony   “The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul… Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from …

Psalms:116:3,4,8

January 1, 1970

The Weaned Child    “My soul is even as a weaned child.” — Psalm cxxxi. 2.   I WAS once conversing with a very excellent aged minister, and while we were talking about our frames and feelings, he made the following confession : he said, “ When I read that passage in the psalm, ‘My soul is even as …

Psalms:131:2

January 1, 1970

The Overflowing Cup   “My cup runneth over.” — Psalm xxiii. 5.   THE psalm culminates in this expression. The poet can mount no higher. He has endeavoured to express the blessedness of his condition, in having the Lord for his shepherd, but after all his efforts he is conscious of failure. His sonnet has not reached the height …

Psalms:23:5