PSALM 86 Psalms 86:1-17 . This is a prayer in which the writer, with deep emotion, mingles petitions and praises, now urgent for help, and no...
PSALM 36 Psalms 36:1-12 . On servant of the Lord, wickedness of man contrasted with the excellency of God's perfections and dispensations; an...
Overview - Luke 13 1?Christ preaches repentance upon the punishment of the Galilaeans and others. 6?The fruitless fig-tree may not stand. 10?He heals...
?EXPOSITION Verse 2. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress. To take up a general truth and make it our own by personal faith is the ...
Armor [N]Scripture frequently employs the imagery of armor as a metaphor for spiritual defense and protection. Old Testament symbolism emphasizes that...
Death, Mortality Death is the absence or withdrawal of breath and the life force that makes movement, metabolism, and interrelation with others possib...
?EXPOSITION Verse 15. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him. He will have need to pray, he will be led to pray aright and the answer shall sure...
Faithfulness [N] [T]In the Old Testament, God's faithfulness and covenant love are closely related ( Deut 7:9 ; Psalm 25:10 ; 85:10 ). The most prof...
PSALM 83 Psalms 83:1-18 . is probably that of 2 Chronicles 20:1 2 Chronicles 20:2 (compare Psalms 47:1-9 , 48:1-14 ). After a general pe...
?EXPOSITION Verse 9-10. Before expounding these verses I cannot refrain from recording a personal incident illustrating their power to soothe the hear...
PSALM 92 OVERVIEW. TITLE -- A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath day. This admirable composition is both a Psalm and a Song, full of equal measures of sol...
?EXPOSITION Verse 3. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler. Assuredly no subtle plot shall succeed against one who has the eyes of...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
?EXPOSITION Verse 6. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness. It is shrouded in mystery as to its cause and cure, it marches on, unseen of men...
1 Samuel 23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah Who though he had been out in quest of David, yet was now returned to Gibeah, the place of ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 4. He shall cover thee with thy feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust. A wonderful expression! Had it been invented by an u...
Descent into Hell (Hades) Belief that between his crucifixion and resurrection Christ descended into the abode of the dead, as confessed in the Apostl...
PREFACE TO VOLUME FOUR The labour of compiling the notes of this volume may be judged of from the fact that upon my writing to one of the most schol...
God, Names of Names are more than labels. In Old Testament times a name expressed identification, but also identity. Significant meaning often attache...
PSALM 109 Psalms 109:1-31 . The writer complains of his virulent enemies, on whom he imprecates God's righteous punishment, and to a prayer f...