by Timothy Shorey | Sep 19, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
“[Psalm 13] was, doubtless, more than once the language of [David], that much tried man of God, and is intended to express the feelings of the people of God in those ever-returning trials which beset them. If [you] have never yet found occasion to use the language of...
by Timothy Shorey | Sep 12, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
“‘Help, Lord’ [is a] short but sweet, suggestive, seasonable, and serviceable prayer; a kind of angel’s sword… to be used on all occasions. [T]he word rendered ‘help’ is largely used for all manner of saving, helping, delivering, [and] preserving.…The Psalmist...
by Timothy Shorey | Sep 5, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
“When [David] penned [Psalm 11] he was [very likely] under persecution from Saul, who sought his life…his timid friends were alarmed for his safety, and recommended him to flee to some mountain where he had a hiding-place, and thus to conceal himself from the rage of...
by Timothy Shorey | Aug 30, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
“To the tearful eye of the suffering [psalmist] the Lord seemed to stand still, as if he calmly looked on, and did not sympathize with his afflicted one. Nay, more, the Lord appeared to be afar off, no longer ‘a very present help in trouble,’ but an inaccessible...
by Timothy Shorey | Aug 22, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
“With a holy resolution the songster begins his hymn; I will praise thee, O Lord. It sometimes needs all our determination to face the foe, and bless the Lord in the teeth of his enemies; vowing that whoever else may be silent we will bless his name. Here (in Psalm...
by Timothy Shorey | Aug 15, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
“Unable to express the glory of God, the Psalmist utters a note of exclamation. ‘O LORD, our Lord!’ We need not wonder at this, for no heart can measure, no tongue can utter, the half of the greatness of [Yahweh]. The whole creation is full of his glory and radiant...
