Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 108:1

Whole Psalm. Parts of two former psalms are here united in one.

1. Repetition is here sanctioned by inspiration.

(a) Of what? Of hymns, of prayers, of sermons.

(b) For what? For impression. "As we said before so say I now again, if any man preach", etc. For confirmation: "Rejoice in the Lord, and again I say rejoice": they went through Syria and Cilicia again confirming the churches. For preservation: quotations authenticate originals, a writing in two copies is safer than in one.

2. Rearrangement is here sanctioned by inspiration.

(a) Different experiences may require it. Sometimes the heart is most fixed at the commencement of a spiritual exercise: sometimes at its close. Hence the commencement of one psalm is the close of another.

(b) Different occasions may require it. As of sorrow and joy. Two parts of two different hymns may better harmonise with a particular occasion than either one separately considered. —G.R.

1. The best occupation: praise. Worthy —

(a) Of the heart in its best condition.

(b) Of the best faculties of the best educated man.

2. The best resolution.

(a) Arising from a fixed heart.

(b) Deliberately formed.

(c) Solemnly expressed.

(d) Joyfully executed.

3. The best results. To praise God makes a man both happier and holier, stronger and bolder —as the succeeding verses show.