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| Heathen Idols contrasted with Jehovah. |
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1 Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us,
But unto thy name give glory,
For thy lovingkindness, and for thy truth's sake.
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Not unto us – An exhortation to humility. R5901:1 Psalms 115:6
But they smell not – Ruach, exert invisible power--sense of smell. E174
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2 Wherefore should the nations say,
Where is now their God?
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3 But our God is in the heavens:
He hath done whatsoever he pleased.
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4 Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men's hands.
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5 They have mouths, but they speak not;
Eyes have they, but they see not;
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6 They have ears, but they hear not;
Noses have they, but they smell not;
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7 They have hands, but they handle not;
Feet have they, but they walk not;
Neither speak they through their throat.
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8 They that make them shall be like unto them;
Yes, every one that trusteth in them.
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9 O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah:
He is their help and their shield.
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10 O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah;
He is their help and their shield.
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11 Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah:
He is their help and their shield.
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12 Jehovah hath been mindful of us; he will bless us:
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
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13 He will bless them that fear Jehovah,
Both the small and the great.
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14 Jehovah increase you more and more,
You and your children.
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15 Blessed are ye of Jehovah,
Who made the heavens and earth.
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16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah;
But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
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The children of men – As represented by father Adam, and conditioned upon obedience and loyalty. R5335:5
God's guidance in the affairs of earth was originally intended. R5304:3
The race as a whole will have possession of the earth. R5183:1, R5112:1
God would have the prosperous concentrate their mental powers not upon the personal aggregation of wealth, but upon generous schemes for the uplifting of the entire race. R5112:5
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17 The dead praise not Jehovah,
Neither any that go down into silence;
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The dead praise not – But the resurrection of the dead will bring all to a full knowledge of the truth. R890:1
Down into silence – "There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave" (Eccl. 9:10); not a place where shrieks and groans are heard. R2599:2, R2604:4
Death is a place of darkness (Job 10:21); of no remembrance (Psa. 6:5); a land of forgetfulness (Psa. 88:11) where there is neither work, nor device, nor wisdom, nor knowledge (Eccl. 9:5,10; Job 14:21). CR209:2*; HG194:5; HG216:2
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18 But we will bless Jehovah
From this time forth and for evermore.
Praise ye Jehovah. |
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