Charles Spurgeon

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

“For the Lord loveth judgment. The awarding of honour to whom honour is due is God's delight, especially when the upright man has been traduced by his fellow men.”

The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

“The righteous shall inherit the land. As heirs with Jesus Christ, the Canaan above, which is the antitype of "the land, " shall be theirs with all covenant blessing. And dwell therein for ever.”

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

“The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom. Where the whole Psalm is dedicated to a description of the different fates of the just and the wicked, it was meet to give a test by which they could be known.”

The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

“The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. The best thing in the best place, producing the best results. Well might the man's talk be so admirable when his heart was so well stored.”

Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

“The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. If it were not for the laws of the land, we should soon see a massacre of the righteous.”

the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.

“The Lord will not leave him in his hand. God often appears to deliver his servants, and when he does not do so in this life as to their bodies, he gives their souls such joy and peace that they triumphantly rise beyond their tormentors'…”

Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

“Wait on the Lord. We have here the eighth precept, and it is a lofty eminence to attain to. Tarry the Lord's leisure. Wait in obedience as a servant, in hope as an heir, in expectation as a believer.”

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

“A second time David turns to his diary, and this time in poetic imagery tells us of what he had observed. It were well if we too took notes of divine providences. I have seen the wicked in great power.”

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

“Yet he passed away. Tree and man both gone, the son of man as surely as the child of the forest. What clean sweeps death makes! And, lo, he was not.”

Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

“Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright. After having watched with surprise the downfall of the wicked, give your attention to the sincerely godly man, and observe the blessed contrast. Good men are men of mark, and are worth our study.”

But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

“But the transgressors shall be destroyed together. A common ruin awaits those who are joined in common rebellion. The end of the wicked shall be cut off.”

The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

“But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord. Sound doctrine this. The very marrow of the gospel of free grace.”

The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.

“And the Lord shall help them. In all future time Jehovah will stand up for his chosen. Our Great Ally will bring up his forces in the heat of the battle. He shall deliver them from the wicked.”

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

“O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath. Rebuked I must be, for I am an erring child and thou a careful Father, but throw not too much anger into the tones of thy voice; deal gently although I have sinned grievously.”

For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

“For thine arrows stick fast in me. By this he means both bodily and spiritual griefs, but we may suppose, especially the latter, for these are most piercing and stick the fastest.”

There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

“There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger. Mental depression tells upon the bodily frame; it is enough to create and foster every disease, and is in itself the most painful of all diseases.”

For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

“For mine iniquities are gone over mine head. Like waves of the deep sea; like black mire in which a man utterly sinks. Above my hopes, my strength, my life itself, my sin rises in its terror.”

My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

“My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. Apply this to the body, and it pictures a sad condition of disease; but read it of the soul, and it is to the life.”

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

“I am troubled. I am wearied with distress, writhing with pain, in sore travail on account of sin revealed within me. I am bowed down greatly. I am brought very low, grievously weakened and frightfully depressed.”

For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

“For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease —a hot, dry, parching disorder, probably accompanied by loathsome ulcers. Spiritually, the fire burns within when the evil of the heart is laid bare.”

I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

“I am feeble. The original is "benumbed, "or frozen, such strange incongruities and contradictions meet in a distracted mind and a sick body—it appears to itself to be alternately parched with heat and pinched with cold.”

O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

“Lord, all my desire is before thee. If unuttered, yet perceived. Blessed be God, he reads the longings of our hearts; nothing can be hidden from him; what we cannot tell to him he perfectly understands.”

My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

“My heart panteth. Here begins another tale of woe. He was so dreadfully pained by the unkindness of friends, that his heart was in a state of perpetual palpitation.”

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

“My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore. Whatever affection they might pretend to, they kept out of his company, lest as a sinking vessel often draws down boats with it, they might be made to suffer through his calamities.”

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

“They also that seek after my life lay snares for me. Alas! for us when in addition to inward griefs, we are beset by outward temptations. David's foes endeavoured basely to ensnare him. If fair means would not overthrow him, foul should be tried.”