A Spurgeon Nugget to Make You Smile...

I've been putting together lesson plans to teach Psalm 20 and 21 to my ladies Bible study.  These two psalms have been called twin warfare events.  The king is about to go to war in Psalm 20 and most commentators agree that in Psalm 21 we find the celebration after the king returns victorious from battle.  Spurgeon's "Treasury of David" never ceases to delight.  I looked at his notes on Psalm 21:12.  At this point in the psalm we are in the midst of a Messianic reference to the Lord devouring His enemies.

Here's the first part of the verse..."For Thou wilt make them turn their back..."

Here are Spurgeon's thoughts..."For a time the foes of God may make bold advances, and threaten to overthrow everything, but a few ticks of the clock will alter the face of their affairs.  At first they advance impudently enough, but Jehovah meets them to their teeth, and a taste of the sharp judgment of God speedily makes them flee in dismay.  The original has in it the thought of the wicked being set as a butt for God to shoot at, a target for his wrath to aim at.  What a dreadful situation!"