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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. On "The Lilies." David's.]] Save me, O God, For waters have entered as far as the life; |
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| 2 I have sunk in deep swamp, Where there is no place to stand, I have come into abysses of waters, Where a flood hath overflowed me; |
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| 3 I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat,–Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God. |
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| 4 More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause,–Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause,–What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore. |
Without a cause – Prophetic of Jesus (John 15:25)--who was crucified because his works were good and theirs were evil; because he taught the way of the Lord more perfectly than they. R5215:2
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| 5 O God, thou, hast known my folly, And, my wrong-doings, from thee, have not been hid. |
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| 6 Let them not be ashamed, through me, Who have waited for thee, O My Lord, Yahweh of hosts,–Let them not be confounded, through me, Who are seeking thee, O God of Israel! |
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| 7 Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face; |
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| 8 One estranged, have I become, to my own brethren, Yea, an alien, to the sons of my own mother; |
Unto my brethren – In the case of Jesus and the early Church, the persecution came from their brethren according to the flesh, the Jews. Since then, from their nominal Christian brethren. R5215:5
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| 9 Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me. |
The zeal – That which is warm, aglow, hot. R5250:2
Born of love. R3296:1
That eager, arduous, active interest in the Lord's plans and their development which is begotten of sincerest love for the Lord and those dear to him. R913:2*
The measure of our zeal in the service is the measure of our love for the heavenly Bridegroom. R913:6*
The more love there is connected with our consecration to God, the more quickly will it consume our offering. T46
If we have the spirit of Christ, it will be the spirit of service. R5250:2
Of thine house – David had a zeal for the Tabernacle and the Temple. Jesus had a zeal in cleansing the Temple. But now the Church is the house of God, the Temple. (1 Cor. 6:19) R5250:1
Hath eaten me up – Our Lord's zeal prompted him to lay down his life for us, and he invites the Church to be similarly consumed with him in service to the Church. R5250:2
Consumed all my energies. R913:2*
And the reproaches – "Let us go to him without the camp, bearing the reproach with him." (Heb. 13:13) T62
All associated with the truth will bear some of its reproaches. R1798:5
Are fallen upon me – Christ and all who faithfully teach the truth. E490
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| 10 When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach; |
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| 11 When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by-word;
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| 12 They who sit in the gate talk against me,–And [against me are] the songs of them who imbibe strong drink. |
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| 13 But, as for me, my prayer shall be unto thee, O Yahweh, in a time of acceptance, O God, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, answer me with thy saving faithfulness. |
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| 14 Rescue me out of the mire, lest I sink, Let me be rescued, From my haters, and, From abysses of waters: |
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| 15 Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth. |
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| 16 Answer me, O Yahweh, for good is thy lovingkindness, According to the abounding of thy compassions, turn thou towards me: |
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| 17 Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress, haste thou–answer me! |
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| 18 Oh draw near unto my soul–redeem it, Because of mine enemies, ransom me. |
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| 19 Thou, knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion, Before thee, are all mine adversaries. |
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| 20 Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am weak,–Though I waited for one to pity me, yet there was none, And for comforters, yet I found not any. |
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| 21 But they put in my food–poison! And, for my thirst, they gave for my drink–vinegar! |
Vinegar to drink – Prophetic of the circumstances of Jesus' sacrificial death. R1205:2, R1394:5
Not ordinary vinegar, but more properly sour wine, the common, cheap drink of soldiers. R2474:3
Jesus hungered and thirsted that we might have the water and bread of life. R4173:3
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They gave me vinegar to drink – Fulfilled when our Lord was on the cross. John 19:28-29 |
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| 22 Let their table, before them, become a snare, And unto their friends, a lure; |
Let their table – The table of fleshly Israel, so bountifully spread with the rich promises and blessings offered them through Christ. B215; R4287:6
Become a snare - Because of their hardness of heart. B215
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| 23 Let their eyes become too dim to see, And, their loins, continually cause thou to shake; |
Eyes be darkened – They have stumbled, they are blinded; but their blindness is not to be perpetual. CR104:3; SM398:T
The period of their blindness is the second part of the "double"; with its fulfilment, their blindness will begin to vanish, and "all the blind eyes shall be opened." (Isa 35:5) CR104:3
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| 24 Pour out over them thine indignation, And let, the glow of thine anger, overtake them: |
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Pour out thine indignation – The wrath of God.
Upon them – The Jews (especially the Jewish church-nation). This fits with him casting them off in 33 A.D. This Psalm indicates the thoughts of Jesus. (Note vs 21)
This was answered in the terrible slaughter that took place in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. and finds its parallel in 'The Great War' of 1914. |
| 25 Let their encampment become desolate, In their tents, be there none to dwell: |
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Some feel this has reference to Judas. The verses in this context all refer to the treatment of Jesus.
Note the following two Hebrew words and their usage.
Him whom thou has smitten – Strong's H5221 "to strike."
Wounded – Strong's H2491 "pierced."
Compare with Isa. 53:4,5 ".. we did esteem him [Jesus] stricken, smitten [H5221] of God.. He was wounded [H2490] for our transgressions." |
| 26 For, whom, thou thyself, hadst smitten, they pursued, And, unto the pain of thy wounded ones, they must needs add. |
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| 27 Lay punishment on their iniquity, And let them not enter into thy righteousness; |
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| 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And, with the righteous, let them not be enrolled. |
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Let them be blotted out of the book of the living – If this is indeed a reference to Judas it would certainly fit. "Good were it for that man if he had never been born." Mark 14:21; Matt. 26:24 |
| 29 I, then, am humbled and in pain, Thy salvation, O God, may it set me on high. |
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| 30 I will praise the Name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving; |
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| 31 So shall it be more pleasing to Yahweh than a bullock of the herd, Showing horn [and] divided hoof. |
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| 32 The humbled have seen–they rejoice! Ye seekers of God, let your heart, then, revive; |
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| 33 For, a Hearkener to the needy, is Yahweh, And, his prisoners, hath he not despised. |
Not his prisoners – Death's captives. A112
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| 34 Let the heavens and the earth, praise him, The seas, and everything that creepeth therein. |
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| 35 For, God, will save Zion, And build the cities of Judah, So shall men dwell there, and possess it: |
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| 36 Yea, the seed of his servants, shall inherit it, And, the lovers of his Name, shall settle down therein. |
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