The Treasury of David
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
2. In this second part of the psalm we are led from the closet of prayer
into the field of conflict. Note the undaunted courage of the man of God. He
admits that his enemies are great men (for such is the import of the Hebrew
words translated sons of men), but still he believes them to be foolish
men, and therefore chides them, as though they were but children. He tells them
that they love vanity, and seek after leasing, that is, lying, empty
fancies, vain conceits, wicked fabrications. He asks them how long they
mean to make his honor a jest, and his fame a mockery. Had not repeated
disappointments convinced them that the Lord’s anointed was not to be overcome
by all their calumnies? Did they mean to jest their souls into hell? In the
contemplation of their perverse continuance in their vain and lying pursuits,
the psalmist solemnly pauses and inserts a Selah. Surely we too may stop
awhile, and meditate upon the deep-seated folly of the wicked, their
continuance in evil, and their sure destruction; and we may learn to admire
that grace which has made us to differ, and taught us to love truth, and
seek after righteousness.
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