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1、TREASURYOFDAVIDPSALM128C.H.Spurgeon Psalms128:1(PSALMS)PSALM128Title.—ASongofDegrees.ThereisanevidentascentfromthelastPsalm:thatdidbuthintatthewayinwhichahousemaybebuiltup,butthisdrawsapictureofthathousebuilt,andadornedwithdomesticblissthroughtheLord'sownbenediction.There
2、isclearlyanadvanceinage,forherewegobeyondchildrentochildren'schildren;andalsoaprogressinhappiness,forchildrenwhichinthelastPsalmwerearrowsarehereOliveplants,andinsteadofspeaking"withtheenemiesinthegate"wedonewith"peaceuponIsrael."Thuswerisestepbystep,andsingasweascend.Sub
3、ject.—Itisafamilyhymn,—asongforamarriage,orabirth,orforanydayinwhichahappyhouseholdhasmettopraisetheLord.Likeallthesongsofdegrees,ithasaneyetoZionandJerusalem,whicharebothexpresslymentioned,anditcloseslikePsalms125,130,and131,withanallusiontoIsrael.ItisashortPsalm,butexce
4、edinglyfullandsuggestive.Itspoetryisofthehighestorder.Perhapsinnocountrycanitbebetterunderstoodthaninourown,forweaboveallnationsdelighttosingof"Home,sweethome."EXPOSITION.Ver.1.BlessediseveryonethatfeareththeLord.ThelastPsalmendedwithablessing,—forthewordtheretranslated"h
5、appy"isthesameasthatwhichishererendered"blessed":thusthetwosongsarejoinedbyacatchword.Thereisalsointhemaclosecommunityofsubject.ThefearofGodisthecornerstoneofallblessedness.WemustreverencetheeverblessedGodbeforewecanbeblessedourselves.Somethinkthatthislifeisanevil,aninfli
6、ction,athinguponwhichrestsacurse;butitisnotso;theGodfearingmanhasapresentblessingrestinguponhim.Itisnottruethatitwouldbetohim"somethingbetternottobe."Heishappynow,forheisthechildofthehappyGod,theeverlivingJehovah;andheisevenhereajointheirwithJesusChrist,whoseheritageisnot
7、misery,butjoy.ThisistrueofeveryoneoftheGodfearing,ofallconditions,inallages:eachoneandeveryoneisblessed.Theirblessednessmaynotalwaysbe;seenbycarnalreason,butitisalwaysafact,forGodhimselfdeclaresthatitisso;andweknowthatthosewhomheblessesareblessedindeed.Letuscultivatethath
8、olyfilialfearofJehovahwhichistheessenceofalltruereligion;—thefearofreverence,ofdreadtooffend,ofa