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A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Gods Justice.
For the Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. |
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1 I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart;
I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
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2 I will be glad and exult in thee;
I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
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3 When mine enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish at thy presence.
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4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause;
Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
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5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked;
Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
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6 The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever;
And the cities which thou hast overthrown,
The very remembrance of them is perished.
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7 But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever:
He hath prepared his throne for judgment;
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8 And he will judge the world in righteousness,
He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
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And he shall – In the Millennial age. F396
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9 Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed,
A high tower in times of trouble;
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10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee;
For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
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11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion:
Declare among the people his doings.
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Dwelleth In Zion – The spiritual Church of God. A297; D23; T33
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12 For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them;
He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
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13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah;
Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me,
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
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14 That I may show forth all thy praise.
In the gates of the daughter of Zion
I will rejoice in thy salvation.
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15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made:
In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
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That they made – Those who dig pits for others are likely to fall therein themselves. R2503:4
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16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment:
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {Higgaion. Selah
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17 The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol,
Even all the nations that forget God.
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The wicked – Those who forget God after clear knowledge. E361; R2610:1; HG498:5
This text applies to the time when the highway of holiness is set up. R2610:2, R553:2
Saints and sinners all go into Sheol now. R553:5
Turned into hell – Shub, returned, into Sheol, oblivion, Second Death. E361; R2610:4; OV174:6; Q329:3
Into the condition of death. R553:2
Showing that some go into hell once, come out of hell, learn of God, forget him and are returned to hell. HG734:3*
Since they are returned to hell, it must be to the Second Death. R769:5, R1298:3*, R3084:1
Nations – Goi, heathen, Gentiles, people. All who, under that full knowledge, do not become Israelites indeed. R2610:3
That forget God – That do not become God's covenant people. R2610:3
They must first have known him. Q329:2; R2610:1
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18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
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19 Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail:
Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
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20 Put them in fear, O Jehovah:
Let the nations know themselves to be but men. |
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