Psalms

329 sermons on Psalms

THE GREATEST TRIAL ON RECORD

Volume 9
Psalms 2:2 — "The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed."

CHRIST’S UNIVERSAL KINGDOM, AND HOW IT COMETH

Volume 26
Psalms 2:8 — "Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel."

AN EARNEST INVITATION

Volume 5
Psalms 2:12 — "Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."

AN EARNEST ENTREATY

Volume 63
Psalms 2:12 — "Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."

“A PECULIAR PEOPLE”

Volume 43
Psalms 4:3 — "But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him."

THE SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS

Volume 54
Psalms 4:6 — "There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us."

JOY, JOY FOR EVER

Volume 36
Psalms 5:11 — "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee."

TURN OR BURN

Volume 2
Psalms 7:12 — "If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready."

GOD GLORIFIED BY CHILDREN’S MOUTHS

Volume 26
Psalms 8:2 — "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger."

GOOD CHEER FOR THE NEEDY

Volume 50
Psalms 9:18 — "For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever."

THE POWER OF A SIGH

Volume 42
Psalms 12:5 — "For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him."

HOWLING CHANGED TO SINGING

Volume 39
Psalms 13:1 — "How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?.… I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me."

LIFE, AND THE PATH TO IT

Volume 49
Psalms 16:11 — "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

ONE TROPHY FOR TWO EXPLOITS

Volume 49
Psalms 18:29 — "For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall."

“THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS”

Volume 17
Psalms 19:4 — "In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bride-groom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof."

DAVID WARNED AND REWARDED

Volume 48
Psalms 19:11 — "Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward."

CHRIST’S CROWNING GLORY

Volume 50
Psalms 21:5 — "His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him."

CRIES FROM THE CROSS

Volume 44
Psalms 22:1 — "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so fax from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?"

FAITH AMONG MOCKERS

Volume 30
Psalms 22:8 — "He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him."

JESUS THE EXAMPLE OF HOLY PRAISE

Volume 14
Psalms 22:22 — "I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel."

A TRIUMPHAL ENTRANCE

Volume 13
Psalms 24:9 — "Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in."

THE COVENANTER

Volume 33
Psalms 25:10 — "All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies."

SEEING GOD’S GOODNESS HERE

Volume 52
Psalms 27:13 — "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."

SAFE, THOUGH SIN-SURROUNDED

Volume 62
Psalms 28:1 — "Unto thee will I cry, O Lord, my rock; be not silent to me, lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit."

A SACRED SOLO

Volume 24
Psalms 28:7 — "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him."

CONSOLATION FOR THE DESPAIRING

Volume 19
Psalms 31:22 — "For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee."

THE CURE FOR A WEAK HEART

Volume 42
Psalms 31:24 — "Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord."

TERRIBLE CONVICTIONS AND GENTLE DRAWINGS

Volume 6
Psalms 32:3 — "When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer."

PRAYER, THE PROOF OF GODLINESS

Volume 41
Psalms 32:6 — "For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found."

BIT AND BRIDLE: HOW TO ESCAPE THEM

Volume 37
Psalms 32:8 — "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee."

“CASES OF CONSCIENCE”

Volume 50
Psalms 38:4 — "For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me."

THE NEW SONG ON EARTH

Volume 41
Psalms 40:3 — "He bath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord."

PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON-EPISTLE OF JUDE

Volume 17
Psalms 40:9 — "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest. I have not hid thy righteousness’ within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation."

“OUT OF THE DEPTHS”

Volume 40
Psalms 40:12 — "For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me."

THE HAPPY BEGGAR

Volume 53
Psalms 40:17 — "But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me."

A SINGULAR PLEA IN PRAYER

Volume 43
Psalms 41:4 — "I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee."

SWEET STIMULANTS FOR THE FAINTING SOUL

Volume 48
Psalms 42:6 — "O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar."

THE KING’S SHARP ARROWS

Volume 53
Psalms 45:5 — "Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee."

THE GLADNESS OF THE MAN OF SORROWS

Volume 9
Psalms 45:7 — "Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad."

THE OIL OF GLADNESS

Volume 22
Psalms 45:7 — "Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."

A WORTHY THEME FOR THOUGHT

Volume 48
Psalms 48:9 — "We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple."

MISTAKES CONCERNING GOD

Volume 54
Psalms 50:21 — "Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself."

UNIMPEACHABLE JUSTICE

Volume 2
Psalms 51:4 — "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest,"

THE CHRISTIAN’S GREAT BUSINESS

Volume 19
Psalms 51:12 — "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee"

REPENTANCE AFTER CONVERSION

Volume 41
Psalms 51:17 — "The sacrifices of God ate a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise."

A GOOD MAN IN AN EVIL CASE

Volume 49
Psalms 55:22 — "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."

THE HIGH ROCK

Volume 47
Psalms 61:2 — "From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I."

A WILDERNESS CRY

Volume 24
Psalms 63:1 — "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary."

DAILY BLESSINGS FOR GOD’S PEOPLE

Volume 62
Psalms 68:19 — "Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. He that is our God is the God of salvation, and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death."

THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE

Volume 26
Psalms 68:20 — "He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses."

SOME MARKS OF GOD’S PEOPLE

Volume 46
Psalms 68:28 — "Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us."

GOD’S KNOWLEDGE OF SIN

Volume 44
Psalms 69:5 — "O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee."

THE OLD MAN’S SERMON

Volume 21
Psalms 71:17 — "O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come."

THE SINNER’S END

Volume 8
Psalms 73:17 — "Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction."

GOD’S DEALINGS WITH EGYPT AND ISRAEL

Volume 47
Psalms 78:51 — "And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: but made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock."

ENCOURAGEMENTS TO PRAYER

Volume 40
Psalms 81:10 — "I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it."

THE WIDE-OPEN MOUTH FILLED

Volume 50
Psalms 81:10 — "I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it."

THE SPARROW AND THE SWALLOW

Volume 53
Psalms 84:3 — "Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a neat for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God."

A FEAST FOR THE UPRIGHT

Volume 28
Psalms 84:11 — "For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will be withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee."

GRACE AND GLORY

Volume 43
Psalms 84:11 — "The Lord will give grace and glory."

A PRAYER FOR REVIVAL

Volume 41
Psalms 85:6 — "Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?"

TOKENS FOR GOOD

Volume 26
Psalms 86:17 — "Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me."

HEMAN’S SORROWFUL PSALM

Volume 41
Psalms 88:13 — "But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee."

MASCHIL OF ETHAN

Volume 26
Psalms 89:1 — "I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens."

THE MIGHTY ARM

Volume 22
Psalms 89:13 — "Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand."

THE “BEAU IDEAL” OF LIFE

Volume 52
Psalms 90:14 — "O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days."

SOWN LIGHT

Volume 14
Psalms 97:11 — "Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart."

THE NEW SONG

Volume 9
Psalms 98:1 — "O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory."

THE KING AND HIS COURT

Volume 40
Psalms 101:6 — "Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me."

OWL OR EAGLE?

Volume 49
Psalms 102:6 — "I am like an owl of the desert."

ZION’S PROSPERITY

Volume 44
Psalms 102:13 — "Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof."

OUR YOUTH RENEWED

Volume 60
Psalms 103:5 — "Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s."

THE TENDER PITY OF THE LORD

Volume 16
Psalms 103:13 — "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust."

LESSONS FROM NATURE

Volume 17
Psalms 104:17 — "Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies."

MEDITATION ON GOD

Volume 46
Psalms 104:34 — "My meditation of him shall be sweet."

THE POOR MAN’S PRAYER

Volume 25
Psalms 106:4 — "Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; that I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance."

GOD’S REMEMBRANCE OF HIS COVENAT

Volume 32
Psalms 106:44 — "Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies."

“GOD HATH SPOKEN!-REJOICE!”

Volume 50
Psalms 108:7 — "God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth."

REMEMBERING GOD’S WORKS

Volume 49
Psalms 111:4 — "He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion. He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant."

FROM THE DUNGHILL TO THE THRONE

Volume 11
Psalms 113:7 — "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people."

“NON NOBIS, DOMINE!”

Volume 48
Psalms 115:1 — "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake."

TO SOULS IN AGONY

Volume 21
Psalms 116:3 — "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.… Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling."

“RETURN UNTO THY REST.”

Volume 47
Psalms 116:7 — "Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee."

PERSONAL SERVICE

Volume 6
Psalms 116:16 — "O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds."

AN EPISTLE ILLUSTRATED BY A PSALM

Volume 43
Psalms 118:13 — "Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation."

THE JOY OF HOLY HOUSEHOLDS

Volume 43
Psalms 118:15 — "The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly."

DEADNESS AND QUICKENING

Volume 43
Psalms 119:37 — "Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way."

THE BEST CHRISTMAS FARE

Volume 39
Psalms 119:103 — "How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!"

A PAGE FROM A ROYAL DIARY*

Volume 40
Psalms 119:132 — "Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name."

ALIVE

Volume 26
Psalms 119:144 — "The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live."

THE SOJOURN IN MESECH

Volume 48
Psalms 120:5 — "Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!"

CO-WORKERS WITH GOD

Volume 44
Psalms 127:1 — "Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep."

A PSALMIST’S QUESTION AND ANSWER

Volume 48
Psalms 130:3 — "If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared."

FORGIVENESS AND FEAR

Volume 50
Psalms 130:4 — "There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared."

WAITING, HOPING, WATCHING

Volume 44
Psalms 130:5 — "I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning."

HEARING, SEEKING, FINDING

Volume 44
Psalms 132:6 — "Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool."

FAITH IN PERFECTION

Volume 5
Psalms 138:8 — "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me. Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands."

OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT GOD’S THOUGHTS

Volume 45
Psalms 139:17 — "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee."

PICTURES OF HAPPINESS

Volume 59
Psalms 144:15 — "Happy is that people that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people whose God is the Lord."

HOW “THE UNSPEAKABLE” IS SPOKEN OF

Volume 31
Psalms 145:6 — "And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness."

FEARING AND HOPING

Volume 43
Psalms 147:11 — "The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy."