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1、TREASURYOFDAVIDPSALM138C.H.Spurgeon Psalms138:1(PSALMS)PSALM138TITLE.APsalmofDavid.ThisPsalmiswiselyplaced.Whoevereditedandarrangedthesesacredpoems,hehadaneyetoappositionandcontrast;forifinPs137:1-9weseetheneedofsilencebeforerevilers,hereweseetheexcellenceofabraveconfession.Thereis
2、atimetobesilent,lestwecastpearlsbeforeswine;andthereisatimetospeakopenly,lestwebefoundguiltyofcowardlynotconfessing.ThePsalmisevidentlyofaDavidiccharacter,exhibitingallthefidelity,courage,anddecisionofthatKingofIsraelandPrinceofPsalmists.Ofcoursethecriticshavetriedtorendtheauthorsh
3、ipfromDavidonaccountofthementionofthetemple,thoughitsohappensthatinoneofthePsalmswhichisallowedtobeDavid'sthesamewordoccurs.ManymoderncriticsaretothewordofGodwhatblowfliesaretothefoodofmen:theycannotdoanygood,andunlessrelentlesslydrivenawaytheydogreatharm.DIVISION.InfullconfidenceD
4、avidispreparedtoownhisGodbeforethegodsoftheheathen,orbeforeangelsorrulers(Ps138:1-3);hedeclaresthathewillinstructandconvertkingsandnations,tillonveryhighwaymenshallsingthepraisesoftheLord(Ps138:4-5).Havingthusspoken,heuttershispersonalconfidenceinJehovah,whowillhelphislowlyservant,
5、andpreservehimfromallthemaliceofwrathfulfoes.EXPOSITION.Ver.1.Iwillpraisetheewithmywholeheart.HismindissotakenupwithGodthathedoesnotmentionhisname:tohimthereisnootherGod,andJehovahissoperfectlyrealizedandsointimatelyknown,thatthePsalmist,inaddressinghim,nomorethinksofmentioninghisn
6、amethanweshoulddoifwewerespeakingtoafatherorafriend.HeseesGodwithhismind'seye,andsimplyaddresseshimwiththepronoun"thee."HeisresolvedtopraisetheLord,andtodoitwiththewholeforceofhislife,evenwithhiswholeheart.Hewouldnotsubmittoactasoneunderrestraint,becauseoftheopinionsofothers;butint
7、hepresenceoftheopponentsofthelivingGodhewouldbeasheartyinworshipasifallwerefriendsandwouldcheerfullyunitewithhim.IfothersdonotpraisetheLord,thereisallthemorereasonwhyweshoulddoso,andshoulddosowithenthusiasticeagerness.Weneedabrokenhearttomournourownsins,butawholehearttopraisetheLor
8、d'sperfections.Ifeverourhe