Psalm 87:2

Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon PSALM 87 SUBJECT AND DIVISION. The song is in honor of Zion, or Jerusalem, and it treats of God's favor to that city among the mountains, the prophecies which made it illustrious, and the honor of being a native of it. Many conceive that it was written at the found... Read More

Preface to Volume 4, Psalms 79-103 The work of compiling notes from this volume may be judged from the fact that I wrote a brilliant teacher for some assistance in my research on Psalm 103. I received the following note. "I have hunted through my books and was surprised to find that with the excepti... Read More

Zion's Blessings Preached on July 16th, 1843, at Zoar Chapel, London, by J. C. Philpot "I will abundantly bless her provision —I will satisfy her poor with bread . I will also clothe her priests with salvation—and her saints shall shout aloud for joy." Psalm 132:15, 16 The most inattentive reader of... Read More

A NEW YEARS SOLEMN WARNING by John Angell James This is what the Lord says: "I am going to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year! " Jeremiah 28:16 Standing as you now do upon the threshold of another year, and looking with something of curiosity and suspense, if not with anxi... Read More

DIRECTION XI.--SECOND GENERAL PART. [How to perform the duty commanded--a directory for prayer.] 'Praying always with all prayer and supplication,' &c. (Eph. 6:18). Having despatched the duty of prayer in general, we now come to give an account of the several branches in the exhortation; which toget... Read More

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." The scene of the divine handiwork was twofold; and, accordingly, "in the dispensation of the fulness of times," God will display Himself again, both in heaven and on earth. I would begin my meditation on this divine subject with Genesis 1 - 47... Read More

I print the Psalms as poetry; they are so in Hebrew. G.V.W. [Publisher's note: In Present Testimony the Psalms are rendered in full as the Authorised Version, here only the notes are reproduced.] First Book (Pss. 1 - 51) "The faithful are looked at as not yet driven out from Jerusalem; hence covenan... Read More

"For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matt. 18. 20). NOTES OF A SERMON DELIVERED IN FINNIESTON FREE CHURCH, GLASGOW, ON SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1889. I believe you will find the origin of public worship in the book of Genesis, that book of b... Read More

"There is a river, The streams whereof shall make glad The city of God..." (Ps. 46:4; See Ps. 87:2-3). Cain is the first man mentioned as having built a "city." God’s men were not builders of cities, but continued to look for "a better country." The cities of fallen men invariably lead to visions of... Read More

The Structure Book I (1 - 41) Christ in the counsel of God the source of all blessing for His people (Israel). Book II (42 - 72) Their ruin, but redemption in the latter days. Book III (73 - 89) The holiness of God in His dealings with them. Book IV (90 - 106) The failed first man replaced by the Se... Read More