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| 1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. A Psalm of David. |
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| O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me. |
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| 2 Favour me, O Jehovah, for I [am] weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones, |
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| 3 And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when |
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| 4 Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake. |
Deliver my soul – It is the soul, the being, which is destroyed. E361
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| 5 For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee |
Is no remembrance – There is no consciousness in hell. E361; R4781:2, R552:6, R802:2*, R4363:4*; SM525:1; HG511:1
"The dead know not anything." (Eccl. 9:5) R754:4*
Death is the "land of forgetfulness." (Psa. 88:11) CR209:2; HG335:1
Therefore they can neither assent to, nor oppose, their awakening. R1509:5
Man's probation or trial must occur, not in death, but before the state of death has begun or after it has ended--in the resurrection. R909:3*, R915:6
Even from the human standpoint it would be a short time for each individual who would only have the few remaining years of life before the Kingdom. R3180:6
Thus, when our Lord was dead he could not preach and the dead of mankind could not hear. R4176:6
In the grave – Sheol, oblivion, death, not torment. E361; R828:6; HG216:2
Give thee thanks – The text manifestly refers to the pious. E361
Therefore the departed saints have not been praising the Lord after their death all during the past ages. R1881:5
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| 6 I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night [on] my bed, With my tear my couch I waste. |
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| 7 Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries, |
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| 8 Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping, |
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| 9 Jehovah hath heard my supplication, Jehovah my prayer receiveth. |
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| 10 Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back ashamed [in] a moment! |
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