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| 1 A Psalm, a Song, for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto thy name, O Most High; |
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| 2 To declare thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness in the nights, |
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| 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute; upon the Higgaion with the harp. |
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| 4 For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work; I will triumph in the works of thy hands. |
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| 5 Jehovah, how great are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep: |
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| 6 A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it. |
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| 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever. |
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| 8 And thou, Jehovah, art on high for evermore. |
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| 9 For lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, for lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. |
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| 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like a buffalo's: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. |
But my horn – Horns are symbols of power. T42
With fresh oil – Type of the holy Spirit. T116
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| 11 And mine eye shall see its desire on mine enemies; mine ears shall hear it of the evil-doers that rise up against me. |
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| 12 The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon. |
The righteous – And they only. C371
Shall flourish – In the Millennial age, in Christ's Kingdom. C371; R492:6
Like a cedar – Symbol of everlasting human life. T109
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| 13 Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God: |
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| 14 They are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green; |
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| 15 To shew that Jehovah is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. |
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