Merrill Unger writes that "Those who desire to know what the Word of God says and have the call of God upon their lives to expound it will find "The Minister's Library" indispensable. Comment - I would highly recommend checking this resource which covers all Psalms. There are outlines, devotional questions, quotations from other sources, practical application.
This is a relatively modern work which was published in June, No theological library is complete without this work, for there are grand thoughts in it like huge nuggets of Australian gold. Only the initiated can understand what such writers mean. It is not an exposition, but can readily be used as such, for it possesses a good index Ed: Binnie reviews with great skill and intense devotion the various sacred poems contained in the Book of Psalms, and gives the general run and character of each one.
His work is unlike any other, and supplies a great desideratum. The author does not strain the text, but gives its real meaning. His remarks are always weighty, spiritual, and suggestive; we only wish there were more of them. He has cultivated brevity. If the author would write in plain English his readers would probably discover that there is nothing very valuable in his remarks. Highly esteemed by those who are enthusiastic upon prophetical subjects.
Not adapted for common readers, but scholars will prize it greatly. Nevertheless, it is helpful in its extensive discussion of each Psalm. The Hebrew text is referred to, but not to the degree that it would not be a useful source for the one without Hebrew. Invaluable to the preacher. Having read and re-read it, we can speak of its holy savor and suggestiveness. We commend it with much fervor. It is well worth the time, even if dated in parts.
An annotated bibliography of selected works. This is not true, for he had natural poetry in his soul; and even if it were true, his work would go far to show how abundantly piety compensates for other deficiencies. He is among the best of our English writers on this part of Scripture, and certainly one of the most popular. David Malick - "Excellent theological treatment of the Psalms.
Rosscup says that this commentary by Carl Bernhard Moll "in the Lange series is one of the best in that volume set. Perowne has a fine introduction though it lacks findings of the past century. He shows, among other things, that the psalmist often went far beyond himself in statements and projected his thought prophetically to Christ. In most cases the verse by verse commentary solidly explains the text.
Perowne often shows the unity between a Psalms statement and New Testament truth. Perowne is probably as capable as any one in England of doing all that Hebrew scholarship can do towards a better knowledge of the Psalms. The learning which he has brought together gives a value of its own to his book, and makes it an important contribution to a department of Biblical scholarship in which we are at present rather poorly furnished. Selected Bibliography on the Book of Psalms. Full of instructive comment, but not very original, or remarkably learned.
Click here for topics listed below:. Though we cannot say that this is equal to some others of his works, yet he is a great writer, and always deserves attention. Spurgeon - Trapp excels in witty stories on the one hand, and learned allusions on the other Trapp is my especial companion and treasure; I can read him when I am too weary for anything else.
Trapp is salt, pepper, mustard, vinegar, and all the other condiments. Put him on the table when you study, and when you have your dish ready, use him by way of spicing the whole thing. Yes, gentlemen, read Trapp certainly, and if you catch the infection of his consecrated humor, so much the better for your hearers. Representative quotes - Be careful what books you read, for as water tastes of the soil it runs through, so does the soul taste of the authors that a man reads.
They are not too technical. They are devotional and enjoyable to read. See similar work Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary. John Piper says that Horae Homileticae "is the best place to go for researching Simeon's theology. You can find his views on almost every key text in the Bible. He did not want to be labeled a Calvinist or an Arminian. He wanted to be Biblical through and through and give every text its due proportion , whether it sounded Arminian as it stands or Calvinistic.
But he was known as an evangelical Calvinist, and rightly so. As I have read portions of his sermons on texts concerning election and effectual calling and perseverance he is uninhibited in his affirmation of what we would call the doctrines of grace What Simeon experienced in the word was remarkable. And it is so utterly different from the counsel that we receive today that it is worth looking at.
Rosscup - In this very detailed exposition, the London pulpit master dealt with each verse, giving a wealth of illustration, practical comment, and preaching hints. Spurgeon shows that he read widely in the best literature of his day, gleaning out rich quotes. On any given verse one can expect to find exposition or quotes looking at it from various angles.
The devotional flavor is excellent. Here is a suggestive source for preacher or teacher and much wealth for general readers, though readers must go elsewhere for word studies and exegesis to supplement their own personal exegetical study. There is also a condensation of the Treasury which cuts out about two-thirds of it, leaving much of the richness Ed Note: The condensation is a help to the busy who want to get at the hub of things quickly. Modern commentator who has brief notes on many of the verses of each Psalm. This resource can aid your study as well as teaching and preaching of the Psalms.
Psalms 24 The Crown! Psalms Dreams to Sheaves Psalms 3 Requests! Psalm 1 Psalm 1: Two Ways of Life Psalm The Use of Psalm The Fear of the Lord Psalm A Psalm of Safety Psalm A Warning About Worship Psalm Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment , Neither in temporal judgment, when God comes forth in a way of wrath and sore displeasure; for who can stand before him when he is angry?
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Bibliography Jamieson, Robert, D. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment. Some, as Claus, have been led thereby to adopt instead, the meaning, because , which the phrase in the original is alleged frequently to have. That the ungodly stand not in the judgment, they consider to be the reason why, according to Psalms 1: Those who adopt the common signification, cannot properly explain how that should be here described as a consequence flowing from the statement in the preceding verse, which appears to be simply co-ordinate with it.
Amyrald alone, of all expositors, seems to have got upon the right track, and thus paraphrases: And from this truth, which can never be a powerless and quiescent one, is here derived its impending realization: That the therefore refers, not simply to Psalms 1: When the narrow view of the therefore is adopted, it is impossible to tell what to do with the first clause of Psalms 1: The universality of the conclusion, and its reference to both the classes of men with which the Psalm is occupied, are quite lost.
The whole context shows, that by the judgment we are to understand God's; in particular, it appears from the following verse, where the fact that the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, is founded on the truth that the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous. The reference to a human judgment, which has again been lately maintained by Hitzig, is altogether objectionable.
De Wette narrows the expression too much, when he would understand it only of general searching, theocratic judgments. Ewald justly refers the words to the process of the Divine righteousness, which is perpetually advancing, though not every moment visible. All manifestations of punitive righteousness are comprehended in it. And sinners shall not stand in the congregation of the righteous ; i. The external church or community can only for a time be different from the company or congregation of the righteous.
For God will take care that it shall be purified from the leaven of the ungodly, which, however, will not be fully accomplished before the close of this present world. That the congregation of God, in its true idea, is the congregation of the righteous, embodies a prophecy of the excision and overthrow of sinners: An allusion is kept up through the whole verse to the expression used in the Pentateuch, regarding the transgressors of the Divine law, "That soul shall be cut off from his people," that is, it would be ipso facto separated from the community of God; and the declaration is commonly followed by an announcement of the particular manner in which the judgment, already pronounced, should be outwardly executed, or would be executed by God.
We understand, therefore, the community or congregation of the righteous to be a designation of the whole covenant-people, according to its idea, in reference to which the Israelites are elsewhere for example, Numbers That this idea shall one day be fully realized, is intimated by Isaiah in Isaiah 9: The whole people are referred to in the parallel passage, Ezekiel An example of this reaction of the idea against a state of things at variance therewith, is to be found in the overthrow of the company of Korah, of whom it is said, Numbers The more careless men are in wielding the discipline of the Church, the more vigorously does God work.
De Wette and others understand by the righteous , the elite, the fortunate citizens of the theocratic kingdom who stand the test. But this is inadmissible, for the one reason, that the words, "they shall not stand," that is, "they shall not remain, among the righteous," presuppose that they had belonged to the community of the righteous up to the judgment, which was to throw them off, like morbid matter from the body in the crisis of a disease. In the fifth verse, the prophet teaches that a happy life depends on a good conscience, and that, therefore, it is not wonderful, if the ungodly suddenly fall from the happiness of which they fancied themselves in possession.
And there is implied in the words a kind of concession; the prophet tacitly acknowledges that the ungodly please and enjoy themselves, and triumph during the reign of moral disorder in the world; just as robbers revel in the woods and caves, when beyond the reach of justice. But he assures us, that things will not always remain in their present state of confusion, and that when they shall have been reduced to proper order, these ungodly persons shall be entirely deprived of their pleasures, and feel that they were infatuated when they thought themselves happy.
We now see how the Psalmist pronounces the ungodly to be miserable, because happiness is the inward blessing of a good conscience. He does not deny, that before they are driven to judgment, all things succeed well with them; but he denies that they are happy unless they have substantial and steadfast integrity of character to sustain them: It is indeed true, that the Lord daily executes judgment, by making a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, but because this is done only partially in this life, we must look higher if we desire to behold the assembly of the righteous, of which mention is here made.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment ] i. Causa cadent et damnabuntur, at the great assizes they shall be cast and condemned. Surely nowhere, but in hell, their own place, Acts 1: Vespasian likewise died with a jest, and Augustus in a compliment. This was but the hypocrisy of mirth; for death is the king of terror to a natural man. Saul, at the message of death, swooned quite away, and fell all along, Quantus quantus erat, as Peter Martyr phraseth it; yea, good Hezekiah wept when sentenced to death, and the approach of it was to him Mar mar, bitter bitterness, Isaiah But all men have not faith, 2 Thessalonians 3: The Irish air will sooner brook a toad, or a snake, than heaven a sinner.
For Christ "will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire," Matthew 3: John Trapp Complete Commentary. Shall not stand in the judgment — That is, "They shall have nothing to allege in their defence, but shall be condemned without remission. Blessed is the man, or, O the blessedness of the man!
His character is strongly marked; and by his fruits he may be known.
He walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly; does not take his maxims from the world, which lieth in wickedness, nor fashion his conduct after their destructive ways; nor standeth in the way of sinners, though himself was once such; nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful; however high their pretences to superior wisdom, and however much they affect to treat with contempt the revealed will of God: But his delight is in the law of the Lord.
This sacred clue the man of God with delight follows, and in his law doth he meditate day and light: And he shall be, or then shall he be, like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season. When, by divine grace, he is thus enabled to delight and meditate in God's word, the gracious effects of it will be evident; his leaf of profession continues green and flourishing, and his holy fruits of righteousness abound.
The Lord, whose planting he is, waters him every moment; conveys to his soul the living streams of divine grace, from Jesus the living fountain; and thus he grows tall as the cedar, and fruitful as the vine: Preserved by Almighty grace, decay shall not tarnish his beauty, nor apostacy lay the axe to the root; but whatsoever he doeth shall prosper; every prayer shall receive an answer of peace; every labour shall be attended with success; every providence be sanctified; and, in short, all things work together for his good.
Such is the blessed, holy, happy man. May my soul bear the divine impression, and correspond more to this amiable character! They abide in the paths of wickedness, and sit down content with their own deceivings; negligent of God's word, never consulting it in secret; and if they sit under it, what a weariness is it?
Their thoughts, dissipated in pursuits of worldly vanity, or fleshly indulgences, never fix on the sacred volume; nor day nor night are they occupied therein. Like a blasted tree their leaf is withered, and, instead of yielding fruit, is only fit fuel for the flames: These writing are often called The Treasury of David.
THE TREASURY OF DAVID Vol.1 (Psalms ) - Kindle edition by Charles Spurgeon. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or. These writing are often called The Treasury of bahana-line.comon worked on This volume, 1 of 6, contains an exposition of Psalms 1– Spurgeon's comment.
Spurgeon worked on this commentary throughout a great portion of his ministry, and his wife, Susannah, said that if he had never written any other work, these writings would have served as a permanent literary memorial to him. This volume, 1 of 6, contains an exposition of Psalms Spurgeon's comment on his book: In these busy days, it would be greatly to the spiritual profit of Christian men if they were more familiar with the Book of Psalms, in which they would find a complete armory for life's battles, and a perfect supply for life's needs.
Here we have both delight and usefulness, consolation and instruction.