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| 1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight; |
Fingers to fight – We should never go to battle without the assurance that the battle is the Lord's, nor should we forget that "Our weapons are not carnal weapons." (2 Cor. 10:4) R2015:3
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| 2 My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me! |
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| 3 Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him? |
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| 4 Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away. |
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| 5 Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke; |
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| 6 Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them: |
Cast forth lightning – Diffusions of knowledge. R511:2
Shoot out thine arrows – Divine truth, slaughtering the hosts of error. R5493:6; CR164:4; SM440:1
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| 7 Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens, |
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| 8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
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| 9 O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee: |
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| 10 Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword. |
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| 11 Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
Strange children – The Lord shall separate the false, or strange, children from the true, and will glorify the saintly ones. R4768:2
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| 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace: |
Corner stones – Corner pillars. R4768:4
Polished – Sculptured. R4768:4
The grace and beauty of the children of the Messiah will be marvelous, attaining to more than Adamic perfection. R4768:4
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| 13 Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures; |
Our streets – Your open pastures. R4768:4
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| 14 Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets. |
No breaking in – No breach--no rupture of happy relationships. R4768:4
Nor going out – No migration, no more seeking for better or more happifying conditions. R4768:5
Even death shall be destroyed. R4768:4
No complaining – Discontent is now rapidly increasing with every added blessing of our wonderful day. R4768:5
Contentment will take the place of selfishness and discontent. R4768:5
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| 15 Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah! |
Happy is that people – It is an ideal picture of the future and not of the past. R4768:1
That happy nation will acquire, additionally, a happy home and a worldwide paradise. Even human perfection could not bring happiness if calamities continued. R4768:2
Whose God is the LORD – Whose God is Jehovah. We need to correct our ideas and our theologies. R4768:5
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