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| To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. |
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| 1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: |
A joyful noise – The Lord can get along without trained choirs. What he desires is that all should praise him in their hearts. R2511:3
All ye lands – All the world. R5500:3
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| 2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. |
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| 3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. |
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| 4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. |
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| 5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. |
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| 6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. |
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| 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. |
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| 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
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Our God – His name is Faithfulness. R5501:2
Ye people – Primarily relates to natural Israel--even more appropriately to spiritual Israel. R5500:6
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| 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. |
Feet to be moved – They were not vanquished by their enemies as long as they trusted and obeyed; so with spiritual Israel. R5500:6
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| 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. |
Proved us – Probed our heart within. R187:5
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| 11 Thou brougthest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. |
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| 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou brougthest us out into a wealthy place. |
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| 13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, |
Pay thee my vows – Which David had made in the time of his trouble. R5500:3
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| 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. |
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| 15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. |
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| 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. |
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| 17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. |
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| 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: |
If I regard iniquity – Pray, being free from condemnation. R5380:3*
Having prayed against sin, be sure you watch against it. R585:3*
To take the name of God, claiming to be Christians, without determination and effort to fairly represent him, is a sin against God. R1527:6
In my heart – We are to be loyal to the very core or God will reject us. SM346:1
The Lord will not hear – "God heareth not sinners." (John 9:31) R2024:1
To undertake the Christian life is to engage in a great warfare against iniquity. R1527:6
"Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity." (2 Tim. 2:19) R1527:6
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| 19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. |
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| 20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. |
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