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| 1 [[A Song of Ascents.]] Remember, O Yahweh, unto David, all his humiliations! |
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| 2 What he Sware to Yahweh,–Vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: |
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| 3 Surely I will not enter the home of my own house, nor ascend my curtained couch; |
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| 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor, to mine eye-lashes, slumber: |
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| 5 Until I find a place for Yahweh, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob. |
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| 6 Lo! we heard of it at Ephrathah, we found it in the fields of the wood. |
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| 7 We would enter his habitations, we would bow down at his footstool. |
At his footstool – Applied by Popists to the kissing of the Pope's foot. B309
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| 8 Arise! O Yahweh, unto thy place of rest, Thou, and the ark of thy strength. |
Arise, O LORD – Chanted just before the glory of the Lord filled the Temple at its dedication. R4297:4*
Referring to the cloud's lifting from the Tabernacle and going before Israel as a guide. R3060:6
Thou, and the ark – The Christ. T121
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| 9 Thy priests, let them be clothed with righteousness, Thy men of lovingkindness, let them shout for joy! |
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| 10 For the sake of David thy servant, do not turn away the face of thine Anointed One. |
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| 11 Yahweh hath sworn unto David, in faithfulness, will he not turn from it,–Of the fruit of thy body, will I seat on thy throne. |
Fruit of thy body – The genealogical records prove Jesus to be the Son of David, as the prophets foretold. R944:1*
Fulfilled in Solomon only because Solomon was a type of the greater Son of David, who was also the Son of God. R2372:6
The typical kingdom continued from David to Zedekiah, then was taken away from the earth, never to be replaced until the Messiah replaces it as God's true Kingdom at his reign. Q93:8
If Solomon had obeyed God as did David, the deathless heir to the throne would have come from his seed as well. R467:3*
The Maccabeans did not come from the line God recognized, and the Herod family were not Jews at all. Q93:8
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| 12 If thy sons keep my covenant, and my testimony which I will teach them, even their sons, unto futurity, shall sit on thy throne. |
If thy children – But they did not meet the conditions, and Solomon's line was rejected as Christ's ancestry. E130
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| 13 For Yahweh hath chosen Zion,–He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself: |
Hath chosen Zion – The true Church. D158
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| 14 This, is my place of rest unto futurity, Here, will I dwell, for I have desired it;
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| 15 Her provision, will I abundantly bless, Her needy ones, will I satisfy with bread; |
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| 16 And, her priests, will I clothe with salvation, and, her men of lovingkindness, shall, shout aloud, for joy; |
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| 17 There, will I cause to bud a horn to David, I have prepared a lamp for mine Anointed One; |
The horn – Horns are symbols of power. T42
Of David – Type of Christ. B255
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| 18 His enemies, will I clothe with shame, but, upon himself, shall his crown be resplendent. |
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