Treasury of David Volume 2 by Charles Spurgeon - scotknight

Psalm 42 33Verses 1-2. Those who have enjoyed the presence of God in the publicordinances of religion will greatly desire, if deprived of them, to be favouredwith them again...Prevention from attending the public ordinances of God'shouse may beVerse 2.1. What thirsts? "my soul."2. For what? "for God."3. In what way? "when shall I come."Or, the cause, incentives, excellences, and privileges of spiritual thirst.Verse 2. (last clause). The true view of public worship.Verse 2. (last clause). Appearance before God here and hereafter. Isaac Watts,D.D., Two Sermons.Verses 1-3. The home sickness of the soul. What awakens it in the soul? Towhat is it directed, or does it point or tend? Wherewith can it be satisfied? Bythe bitter, but ofttimes wholesome food of tears. J. P. Lange.Verse 3. The believer's Lent, and its salt meats.1. What causes the sorrow?2. What will remove it?3. What benefit will come of it?Verses 3, 10. The carriage of David's enemies.1. The nature of it, and that was reproach.2. The expression of it, They say unto me.3. The constancy of it: daily, or, all the day long.4. The specification of it, in a scornful and opprobrious question: Where is(now) thy God? Thomas Horton.Verse 4.1. It is common for the mind, in seasons of sorrow, to seek relief from thepresent in recollections of the past.