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Praise for Jehovah's Goodness.
A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day. |
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1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah,
And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;
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2 To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,
And thy faithfulness every night,
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3 With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery;
With a solemn sound upon 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 How great are thy works, O Jehovah!
Thy thoughts are very deep.
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6 A brutish man knoweth not;
Neither doth a fool understand this:
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7 When the wicked spring as the grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish;
It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
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8 But thou, O 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 hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-oxen:
I am anointed with fresh oil.
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But my horn – Horns are symbols of power. T42
With fresh oil – Type of the holy Spirit. T116
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11 Mine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies,
Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me.
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12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree:
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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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 They are planted in the house of Jehovah;
They shall flourish in the courts of our God.
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14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age;
They shall be full of sap and green:
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15 To show that Jehovah is upright;
He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. |
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