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| 1 Shout for joy, ye righteous, in Yahweh, To the upright, seemly is praise. |
Rejoice in the LORD – Rejoicing and the spirit of praise are indissolubly linked in the divine economy. R2031:3
Praise is comely – Gratitude is one of the divinely implanted instincts of a soul bearing the image of God, and should therefore be cultivated. R2031:2
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| 2 Give ye thanks unto Yahweh with the lyre, With a harp of ten strings, make ye music unto him. |
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| 3 Sing unto him, a song that is new, With skill, sweep the strings, with loud noise. |
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| 4 For right is the word of Yahweh, and, all his work, is in faithfulness: |
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| 5 Who loveth righteousness and justice, With the lovingkindness of Yahweh, the earth is full. |
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| 6 By the word of Yahweh, the heavens were made, and, by the spirit of his mouth, all their host: |
By the word – Not Jehovah personally, but he used various agencies. He gave orders and they were promptly executed. E182
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| 7 Who gathered as into a skin-bottle the waters of the sea, Delivering, into treasuries, the roaring deeps. |
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| 8 Let all the earth, stand in awe of Yahweh, Of him, be in dread, all ye inhabitants of the world; |
In awe – Before God, infinite in wisdom, justice, love and power. SM168:4
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| 9 For, he, spake, and it was, He, commanded, and it stood forth. |
For he spake – When we read that Jehovah created the heavens and the earth, we are not to suppose that he personally handled it, but that he used various agencies. R370:4
And it was done – His orders were promptly executed. E182
Satan has never interfered with God's plans. A116
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| 10 Yahweh, hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples. |
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| 11 The counsel of Yahweh, to times age-abiding, shall stand, The devices of his heart, from generation to generation. |
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| 12 How happy the nation whose God is, Yahweh, The people he hath chosen as his own inheritance! |
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| 13 Out of the heavens, hath Yahweh looked, He hath seen all the sons of men: |
From heaven – The bodily presence of Jehovah is in heaven. R5547:6
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| 14 Out of his settled place of abode, hath he fixed his gaze on all the inhabitants of the earth: |
Looketh upon all – The Lord has means by which he can be cognizant of all earthly affairs. R5547:6
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| 15 Who fashioneth their heart all together, Who understandeth all their doings. |
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| 16 Not a king, can be saved by greatness of force, nor, hero, deliver himself by greatness of strength: |
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| 17 A deception, is the horse, for victory, and, by his great strength, shall he not deliver. |
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| 18 Lo! the eye of Yahweh, is toward them who revere him, unto such as are waiting for his lovingkindness: |
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| 19 To rescue, from death, their soul, and to keep them alive in famine. |
Their soul – Being. R277:1
From death – Not the body, but the being, called in the Scriptures, "soul," dies. R205:4, R277:1
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| 20 Our own soul, hath waited for Yahweh, Our help and our shield, is he! |
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| 21 For, in him, shall our heart rejoice, For, in his holy Name, have we trusted. |
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| 22 Be thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, upon us, According as we have waited for thee. |
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