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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. "Do not Destroy." A Melody of Asaph, a Song.]] We have given thanks unto thee, O God, we have given thanks, And, in calling upon thy Name, men have recounted thy wonders. |
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| 2 Surely I will take a set time,–I, with equity, will judge: |
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| 3 Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. [Selah.] |
The earth – Not the literal, physical earth, but the symbolic earth, society as at present organized. R1813:6
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| 4 I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn; |
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| 5 Do not lift up on high your horn, Nor speak of the Rock, with arrogance; |
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| 6 For neither from east nor west, Nor from the wilderness of the mountains [cometh exaltation]; |
Promotion – All prominence, all promotion, and all control of the Church, is in the hands of the Lord. R5711:1
Cometh – The Church is on the way to a promotion, a prominence, greater than that of all others. R5710:6
Neither – Throughout the Scriptures, the North seems to be closely associated with Jehovah's government of earth. R5710:3[R5710:9]
The members of the Church do not promote their own selfish interests, but lay down their lives in carrying out God's great purpose and plan. R5711:1
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| 7 For, God himself, is about to judge, One, he will cast down, Another, he will lift up; |
God is the judge – The great eminence which Lucifer in his pride sought to grasp, that he might "sit on the sides of the north," will be granted as a reward to The Christ. (Isa. 14:13; Psa. 48:2) R5711:2
All things are of the Father and by the Son. In this work of judging the world, Christ will be the Judge, and the Church will be the associate judges. R5710:6
He – "God hath set the members, every one of them, in the body as it has pleased him." (1 Cor. 12:18) R5711:2
Putteth down – Therefore a brother, losing the office of elder or deacon, should accept the decision as from the Lord. R5305:6, R5711:3
The Lord will put down the attempt of the great usurper, Satan, to rule the world. R5710:5, R5305:5
Setteth up another – God sets up elders and deacons through the voice of the church. R5305:5
As he set up Nebuchadnezzar as the head of gold and raised up Pharaoh. (Ex. 9:16; Rom. 9:17) R5305:2
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| 8 For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another,–Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out–they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth. |
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| 9 But, I, will exult unto times age-abiding, I will sing praises unto the God of Jacob; |
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| 10 But, all the horns of the lawless, will I hew off,–Exalted shall be the horns of the Righteous One. |
All the horns – Horns are symbols of power. T42
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