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Prayer for God's Mercy upon the Nation.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. |
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1 Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land;
Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
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Brought back – Cyrus gave Israel liberty to return from Babylonian captivity. Messiah, the antitypical Cyrus, is about to give full liberty for the return of Israel to divine favor, to Palestine. OV176:3; R4892:2
Captivity of Jacob – Natural Israel. A300
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2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people;
Thou hast covered all their sin. {Selah
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Forgiven the iniquity – The Deliverer will do more than merely regather them. R4892:2
Israel's sins have not yet been taken away. OV176:4
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3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath;
Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
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4 Turn us, O God of our salvation,
And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
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5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?
Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
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6 Wilt thou not quicken us again,
That thy people may rejoice in thee?
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Revive us again – Israel has the promise of a mighty deliverance. OV176:3
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7 Show us thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah,
And grant us thy salvation.
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8 I will hear what God Jehovah will speak;
For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints:
But let them not turn again to folly.
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9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him,
That glory may dwell in our land.
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10 Mercy and truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
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11 Truth springeth out of the earth;
And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
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Out of the earth – The earthly phase of the Kingdom. D653
Down from heaven – The heavenly phase of the Kingdom. D653
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12 Yes, Jehovah will give that which is good;
And our land shall yield its increase.
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Yield her increase – Until the whole earth shall smile as the Garden of Eden and break forth into singing. R1248:3
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13 Righteousness shall go before him,
And shall make his footsteps a way to walk in. |
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