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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. David's.]] In Yahweh, have I sought refuge. How can ye say to my soul, Flee to a mountain like a little bird; |
Put I my trust – Like David against Goliath, we must battle in full reliance upon the Lord, using the sling and pebble of truth. If we cannot conquer along these lines we cannot conquer at all. R4216:6
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| 2 For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart: |
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| 3 When the pillars are overthrown, What could, a righteous man, do? |
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| 4 Yahweh, is in his holy temple As for Yahweh, in the heavens, is his throne, His eyes, behold–His eyelashes test the sons of men. |
In his holy temple – The Christ. T70
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| 5 Yahweh, putteth, the righteous, to the test,–But the lawless one and the lover of violence, his soul doth hate. |
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| 6 He will rain upon the lawless live-coals, Fire and brimstone and a burning wind, are the portion of their cup. |
Upon the wicked – In the Day of Vengeance, the time of trouble. D541
And in the testing season at the end of the Millennium. A303
Fire and brimstone – Trouble and destruction. D541
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| 7 For righteous is Yahweh Righteousness, he loveth, the upright, shall behold his face. |
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