Treasury of David Volume 2 by Charles Spurgeon - scotknight

Psalm 42 10Verse 10. As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me. Cruelmockeries cut deeper than the flesh, they reach the soul as though a rapier wereintroduced between the ribs to prick the heart. If reproaches kill not, yet theyare killing, the pain caused is excruciating. The tongue cuts to the bone, and itswounds are hard to cure. While they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? Thisis the most unkind cut of all, reflecting as it does both upon the Lord'sfaithfulness and his servant's character. Such was the malice of David's foes,that having thought of the cruel question, they said it, said it daily, repeated itto him, and that for a length, of time; surely the continual yapping of these cursat his heel was enough to madden him, and perhaps would have done so had henot resorted to prayer and made the persecutions of his enemies a plea with hisLord.Verse 11. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquietedwithin me? In the rehearsal of his sorrow, he finds after all no sufficient groundfor being disquieted. Looked in the face, his fears were not so overwhelming asthey seemed when shrouded in obscurity. Hope thou in God. Let the anchorstill keep its hold. God is faithful, God is love, therefore there is room andreason for hope. Who is the health of my countenance, and my God. This is thesame hopeful expression as that contained in verse five, but the addition of andmy God shows that the writer was growing in confidence, and was abledefiantly to reply to the question, "Where is thy God?" Here, even here, he is,ready to deliver me. I am not ashamed to own him amid your sneers and taunts,for he will rescue me out of your hands. Thus faith closes the struggle, a victorin fact by anticipation, and in heart by firm reliance. The saddest countenanceshall yet be made to shine, if there be a taking of God at his word and anexpectation of his salvation."For yet I know I shall him praiseWho graciously to me,The health is of my countenance,Yea, mine own God is he."EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGSTITLE. "Sons of Korah." Who were the sons of Korah? These opinions havemore or less prevailed. One is that they sprang from some one of that name inthe days of David. Mudge and others think that the sons of Korah were asociety of musicians, founded or presided over by Korah. Others think that thesons of Korah were the surviving descendants of that miserable man who,together with two hundred and fifty of his adherents, who were princes,