Charles Spurgeon

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

“Commit thy way unto the Lord. Roll the whole burden of life upon the Lord. Leave with Jehovah not thy present fretfulness merely, but all thy cares; in fact, submit the whole tenor of thy way to him.”

He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

“And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light. In the matter of personal reputation we may especially be content to be quiet, and leave our vindication with the Judge of all the earth.”

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

“Rest in the Lord. This fifth is a most divine precept, and requires much grace to carry it out. To hush the spirit, to be silent before the Lord, to wait in holy patience the time for clearing up the difficulties of Providence—that is what…”

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

“THE occurrence of our text in the Psalm before us is an instance of the great rule that the Lord does nothing by halves.”

Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.

“Cease from anger and forsake wrath. Especially anger against the arrangements of Providence, and jealousies of the temporary pleasures of those who are so soon to be banished from all comfort. Anger anywhere is madness, here it is aggravate insanity.”

For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

“For evil doers shall be cut off. Their death shall be a penal judgment; not a gentle removal to a better state, but an execution in which the axe of justice will be used.”

Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

“For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be. When bad men reach to greatness, the judgments of God frequently sweep them away; their riches melt, their power decays, their happiness turns to wretchedness; they themselves cease any longer to be numbered with…”

But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

“But the meek shall inherit the earth. Above all others they shall enjoy life. Even if they suffer, their consolations shall overtop their tribulations. By inheriting the land is meant obtaining covenant privileges and the salvation of God.”

The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

“The wicked plotteth against the just. Why can he not let the good man alone? Because there is enmity between the serpent's seed and the seed of the woman. Why not attack him fairly? Why plot and scheme?”

but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

“The Lord shall laugh at him. The godly man needs not trouble himself, but leave well deserved vengeance to be dealt out by the Lord, who will utterly deride the malice of the good man's enemies.”

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

“The wicked have drawn out the sword. They hold their weapon out of its sheath, and watch for a time to use it. And have bent their bow. One weapon is not enough, they carry another ready for action.”

But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

“Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Like Haman they shall be hanged upon the gallows built by themselves for Mordecai. Hundreds of times has this been the case.”

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

“A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. This is a fine proverb. The little of one good man is contrasted with the riches of many wicked, and so the expression is rendered the more forcible.”

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

“For the arms of the wicked shall be broken. Their power to do mischief shall be effectually taken away, for the arms which they lifted up against God shall be crushed even to the bone. God often makes implacable men incapable men.”

The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

“The Lord knoweth the days of the upright. His foreknowledge made him laugh at the proud, but in the case of the upright he sees a brighter future, and treats them as heirs of salvation.”

In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

“They shall not be ashamed in the evil time. Calamities will come, but deliverances will come also. As the righteous never reckoned upon immunity from trouble, they will not be disappointed when they are called to take their share of it, but the rather they…”

But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

“But the wicked shall perish. Whatever phantom light may mock their present, their future is black with dark, substantial night. Judgment has been given against them, they are but reserved for execution.”

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

“The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. Partly because he will not, but mainly because he cannot. Want follows upon waste, and debt remains undischarged. Often are the wicked thus impoverished in this life.”

Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.

“For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth. God's benediction is true wealth after all. True happiness, such as the covenant secures to all the chosen of heaven, lies wrapped up in the divine favour.”

The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. All his course of life is graciously ordained, and in lovingkindness all is fixed, settled, and maintained. No reckless fate, no fickle chance rules us; our every step is the subject of divine decree.”

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

“Though he fall. Disasters and reverses may lay him low; he may, like Job, be stripped of everything; like Joseph, be put in prison; like Jonah, be cast into the deep. He shall not be utterly cast down. He shall not be altogether prostrate.”

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

“This was David's observation, I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”

They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.

“He is ever merciful, and lendeth. The righteous are constantly under generous impulses; they do not prosper through parsimony, but through bounty. Like the bounteous giver of all good, of whom they are the beloved sons, they delight in doing good.”

Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever. For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints.

“Here we have the seventh precept, which takes a negative and positive form, and is the quintessence of the entire Psalm”

Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.

“Depart from evil, and do good. We must not envy the doers of evil, but depart altogether from their spirit and example. As Lot left Sodom without casting a look behind, so must we leave sin.”