Set a Guard, O LORD, Over My Mouth Charles Leighton: The cure of an evil tongue must be done at the heart. The weights and wheels are there, and the clock strikes according to their motion.   Psalm 141 O LORD, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I … [Read More...] Psalm 141

Guard Me, O LORD, from the Hands of the Wicked Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Never let the pious forget to pray, for this is a weapon against which the most determined enemy cannot stand. Psalm 140 Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, who plan evil things in their heart and … [Read More...] Psalm 140

How Precious to Me Are Your Thoughts, O God! Charles Haddon Spurgeon: When we remember that God thought upon us from old eternity, continues to think upon us every moment, and will think of us when time shall be no more, we may well exclaim, “How great is the sum!” Psalm 139:13-24 For you formed my … [Read More...] Psalm 139:13-24

You Have Searched Me and Known Me A.W. Tozer: To us who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope that is set before us in the gospel, how unutterably sweet is the knowledge that our Heavenly Father knows us completely. Psalm 139:1-12 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You … [Read More...] Psalm 139:1-12

I Give You Thanks, O LORD, with All My Heart Charles Haddon Spurgeon: If ever our heart is whole and wholly occupied with one thing, it should be when we are praising the Lord.   Psalm 138 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I … [Read More...] Psalm 138

How Shall We Sing the LORD's Song in a Foreign Land John Chrysostom: If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.   Psalm 137 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there … [Read More...] Psalm 137

His Steadfast Love is Forever Charles Simeon: Begin then this song: continue this song throughout the day: let every fresh occurrence call forth free acknowledgments of the mercy of your God: and rest assured, that the more you abound in these expressions of your gratitude, the richer displays you shall have of the Divine glory, … [Read More...] Psalm 136

Praise the LORD, for the LORD is Good Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Let those who are themselves full of holy praise labour to excite the like spirit in others. It is not enough for us to praise God ourselves, we are quite unequal to such a work; let us call in all our friends and neighbours. … [Read More...] Psalm 135