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| 1 To the Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' A Psalm of David. |
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| I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders, |
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| 2 I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High. |
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| 3 In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face. |
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| 4 For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness. |
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| 5 Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever. |
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| 6 O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them. |
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| 7 And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne. |
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| 8 And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness. |
And he shall – In the Millennial age. F396
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| 9 And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity. |
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| 10 They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah. |
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| 11 Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts, |
Dwelleth In Zion – The spiritual Church of God. A297; D23; T33
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| 12 For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted. |
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| 13 Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death, |
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| 14 So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation. |
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| 15 Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured. |
That they made – Those who dig pits for others are likely to fall therein themselves. R2503:4
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| 16 Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah. |
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| 17 The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. |
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 not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age. |
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| 19 Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face. |
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| 20 Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! Selah. |
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