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| 1 [[Solomon's.]] O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king; |
Give the king – Christ during the Millennial age. B138
This King whom thou hast appointed. R1415:5
Thy judgments – The execution of thy grand designs. R1415:5
Unto the king's – Jehovah's. R1415:5
Son – Messiah's Kingdom is to rule the world in righteousness. R5706:4
The Body of Christ is, collectively with their Head, the King's son. R49:1*
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| 2 May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice; |
Thy people – For thy people. R1415:2
With righteousness – In due time, God will establish righteousness in the earth. R5115:3
And thy poor – And for thy afflicted. R1415:2
With judgment – With justice. R1415:2
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| 3 May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness; |
The mountains – New ruling powers of Christ's Kingdom. R1415:2
The little hills – The tributary powers under the main government. R1415:2
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| 4 May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor. |
He shall save – Shall give help to the children of the needy. R1415:2
Break In pieces – This will be the beginning of the purgatorial judgments of the Millennium--in favor of the poor and against the wealthy. R1470:4
The oppressor – All oppressive systems and institutions-- civil, social, financial and religious. R1415:1; OV46:3
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break in pieces – This is what is accomplished by the Lord and His church. Consider the smiting of the image (Dan. 2:44-45) and the work done by the 6 men of Ezekiel 9 (Eze. 9:2, 5-7) [Note: in Eze. 9:2 the 'slaughter weapon' is 'a weapon of his breaking in pieces' - margin.] |
| 5 Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation. |
Sun and moon endure – The glorified Church will have no need of the sun or moon (Rev. 21:23) literally, because they will be spirit beings. Symbolically, she will not need the light of the Gospel or Jewish ages because of her more excellent glory. R2833:6
Nothing in the above indicates that the world will not have need of both sunlight and moonlight during the Millennial age and subsequently. R2833:6
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| 6 Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped. |
Like rain – Symbol of truth, refreshing--"showers of blessings." (Ezek. 34:26) R5575:5
Upon the mown grass – The world of mankind, after they have been shorn of all that has encumbered them and prevented the showers of grace from reaching their hearts. R5575:5
Water the earth – "Times of refreshing." (Acts 3:19) R1414:6
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| 7 May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon. |
In his days – In "the world to come, wherein dwelleth righteousness." (Heb 2:5; 2Pet 3:13) A67
In the reign of Christ. R492:5
Righteous flourish – Temporally, mentally, physically, morally. R2763:5
The reverse of what we now witness. R1412:3, R2406:2; HG538:2; HG681:2
The same rule as in the Jewish age--faithfulness brought temporal prosperity. R2060:6
The very circumstances which now make sacrifice necessary will be gone; consequently, the opportunity for sacrificing will be gone. R443:1
The rewards and punishments will be equitable. An appeal will be made to the hearts, supplemented by stripes, judgments and chastisements. R3304:6
This has not been fulfilled yet. R5853:5
Abundance of peace – Because the King, the Lord's Anointed, rules in righteousness and princes decree justice. (Isa 32:1) R3114:1
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so long as the moon endureth – The moon here refers to the New (Law) Covenant. |
| 8 So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River [=Euphrates] unto the ends of the earth; |
From sea to sea – While there is a work of grace now going on in the hearts of believers, a veritable Kingdom of God is yet to be established under the whole heavens. A282
Ends of the earth – Christ's Kingdom will be without an opponent. R4974:4, R1415:1
After every evil thing has been destroyed, every creature in heaven and in earth will be heard praising God. (Rev 5:13) R5183:2
"As truly as I live, the whole earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord." (Num 14:21) R1415:1
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| 9 Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick; |
In the wilderness – Beyond the pale of Christendom. R1415:1
And his enemies – Those who, after full knowledge, oppose the Kingdom and its laws. R1415:1
Wilful enemies--not the ones referred to by Jesus when he said, "Love your enemies." (Matt. 5:44) R1176:1
Shall lick the dust – Be destroyed. R1415:1, R1176:1
Signifying the destruction of Satan, symbolized by the serpent. "Dust shall be the serpent's meat. (Isa. 65:25) R5574:4
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| 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring; |
And of the isles – Symbol of republics. R511:3[R511]
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| 11 Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him; |
Yea, all kings – The prominent and influential among men. R1415:1[R1415]
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| 12 Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper; |
Deliver the needy – By causing the general leveling of society. R1955:1
When he crieth – Pray, pleading our need. R5380:5*
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| 13 He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth: |
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| 14 From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight. |
Shall their blood – Their lives. R1415:4[R1415]
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| 15 Let him live, then! And be there given unto him of the gold of Sheba,–Let prayer also be offered for him continually, All the day, let him be blessed. |
He shall live – Receive all the blessings of everlasting life which God has made provision for through Messiah. R5706:4
Of the gold – Representing obedience. R3703:4
Have we laid at his feet our earthly substance, our gold? R3703:5
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| 16 May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains,–Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth. |
An handful of corn – An abundance of corn. R1415:4
Top of the mountains – As a blessing from the King. R1415:4
The fruit thereof – The fruitage of our Lord's death was the bringing forth of the Church. The dying of those grains is to bring forth the appointed crop. R4354:3
Like Lebanon – Like the trees of Lebanon. R1415:4
And they of the city – Those blessed by the Kingdom of God. R1415:4
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| 17 May his Name be age-abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish,–And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy! |
Endure for ever – Be as that of a son, continuing his father's name forever. R1415:4
As long as the sun – As the sun's brightness increases to noon, so shall the honor of the Messiah grow brighter and brighter as the mists and gloom of sin are driven away. R1415:4
Blessed in him – Blessed through him; it will be in and by the blood of the Lamb that this opportunity for cleansing shall come. R1415:4
Christ, Head and Body. R238:4*
All nations – Including the half -civilized and savage tribes. R1415:1
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| 18 Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,–Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone; |
Doeth wondrous things – Whose wisdom alone devised the wondrous plan. R1415:5
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| 19 And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times ago-abiding,–And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen! |
With his glory --The whole earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. B99
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| 20 Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse. |
Are ended – Summed up. R303:2*
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