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| 1 'The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. |
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| O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me. |
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| 2 Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer. |
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| 3 O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands, |
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| 4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause, |
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| 5 An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah. |
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| 6 Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded: |
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| 7 And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back, |
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| 8 Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me, |
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| 9 Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God. |
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| 10 My shield [is] on God, Saviour of the upright in heart! |
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| 11 God [is] a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times. |
God is angry – Righteous indignation against sin. R5603:1
Anger in itself is not sin. R5417:5
Inability to be angry under proper cause would imply imperfection. R3928:2
It would be improper for our Creator to refrain from righteous indignation where there is a just cause; just as it would be improper for him to be angry without a cause. R787:4
God is not so overbalanced in love that he cannot permit justice thoroughly to scourge the race of condemned sinners. R880:6
He tells us to be like him in our loves and hates--to hate sin and love righteousness. R1251:1
The force of character which permits of anger is the very same force which, otherwise directed, signifies intensity of love. R3928:2
If we feel that anger is proper for us we should use a great deal of discretion. "Be ye angry and sin not." (Eph. 4:26) R5417:5
If any walk after the flesh and not after the spirit such will proportionately lose the love of God. R3034:1
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| 12 If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden He prepareth it, |
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| 13 Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh. |
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| 14 Lo, he travaileth [with] iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood. |
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| 15 A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh. |
Fallen into the ditch – Those who dig pits for others are likely to fall therein themselves. R2503:4
Which he made – As illustrated by Haman and by those who caused Daniel to be cast into the lion's den. R2503:1 [There are 2 references. 1) is to Haman and Mordecai and 2) is to Daniel and his accusers. - site Editor]
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| 16 Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down. |
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| 17 I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High! |
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