Parallel Classic Commentary on the Psalms
Recently, I pulled the Parallel Classic Commentary on the Psalms off of the shelf. This particular collection that I picked up to use in my devotions contains meditations of Charles Spurgeon, John Calvin, and Matthew Henry. They studied the Scripture to an extent that we all should desire to imitate, and expounded upon it to affect a change in their lives and ours. Sometimes it is helpful for us to refer to the writings of wise men to understand the mysteries found in the Bible. I recommend the Parallel Classic Commentary on the Psalms for everyone's library (but do not leave it on the shelf!). The following excerpts from the portion on Psalm 9 illustrate the riches found in its pages.
"There is no change of his being; his felicity, power, and perfection, are out of the reach of all the combined forces of hell and earth; they may put an end to our liberties, our privileges, our lives, but our God is still the same, and sits even upon the floods, unshaken, undisturbed."
Matthew Henry on verse 7
"Ignorance is worst when it amounts to ignorance of God and knowledge is best when it exervises itself upon the name of God."
C.H. Spurgeon on verse 10
"Jehovah is known by the judgment which he executeth; his holiness and abhorrence of sin is thus displayed. A ruler who winked at evil would soon be known by all his subjects to be evil himself, and he, on the other hand, who is severely just in judgment reveals his own nature thereby."
C.H. Spurgeon on verse 16
"…remember that God has promised his assistance to us, not in the way of preventing our afflictions, but of at length succouring us after we have been long subdued under the cross. David speaks expressly of hope or expectation, thereby to encourage us to prayer."
John Calvin on verse 18