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| 1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of the servant of Jehovah; of David. The transgression of the wicked uttereth within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes. |
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| 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful. |
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| 3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good. |
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| 4 He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil. |
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| 5 Jehovah, thy loving-kindness is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. |
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| 6 Thy righteousness is like the high mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: thou, Jehovah, preservest man and beast. |
Is like the great – El, a name often applied to Jehovah. E69; R296:2
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| 7 How precious is thy loving-kindness, O God! So the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings. |
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| 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. |
Abundantly satisfied – The Ancient Worthies shall be satisfied when they awake with God's likeness as Adam had it. R613:2
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| 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. |
Fountain of life – Thus it can be withdrawn by him in whom we all "live...and have our being." (Acts 17:28) R822:2 *
In thy light – To see any truth clearly we must look from the standpoint of the divine revelation. F45
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| 10 Continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart; |
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| 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away. |
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| 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and are not able to rise. |
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