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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.]] Hear ye this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world; |
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| 2 Both sons of the low, And sons of the high,–Together both rich and needy:– |
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| 3 My mouth, shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be Understanding: |
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| 4 I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma. |
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| 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of calamity, Though the iniquity of them who lie in wait for me should enclose me? |
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| 6 As for them who are trusting in their wealth,–And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves, |
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| 7 A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself: |
None of them – None born of Adam, the contaminated fountain. R5972:1, R777:1, 2, R1247:4; E102; HG351:5; A172
Because there is "none righteous, no, not one." (Rom. 3:10) R5429:6; E96; T78
Illustrating the exactness and particularity of divine justice. OV22:1
Therefore without hope of ability to recover himself. R3847:3
Since none could be found, God arranged with the Logos that he should become a man and be the Redeemer of the race. R5352:4
Had our Lord not been absolutely free from sin he never could have redeemed us. R1186:6
Jesus must have been a perfect man since he was able to do what no imperfect man had done or could do--give himself a ransom. R776:2
Proven by God's Law to Israel and, through their experience, to all the world. R682:6
Thus the necessity for Jesus' having no earthly father, but being begotten of the holy Spirit. R4941. 2
Redeem his brother – Adam and all condemned in his transgression. E418
To give a ransom for father Adam, or for any other man. OV150:2; R4426:1, R5352:4
Or even satisfy the claims of justice against himself. F101; R5972:1
Since man could not justify himself he would be wholly unable to justify another--his brother. R5972:1
A ransom – The word "ransom" in the Old Testament seems to be used less definitely than in the New Testament. The Hebrew word is "kopher" and signifies a covering, a protection. R5972:1
Proving that God's Law did demand a ransom; that he will by no means "clear (excuse) the guilty." (Ex. 34:7) R709:5
None can, by any works, meet the requirements of justice. F101
So God had compassion on man, and love made a provision for this. The Son of God became a man and paid man's ransom-price. HG346:5
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| 8 So costly, is the redemption of their soul, That it faileth unto times age-abiding; |
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| 9 That he should, yet, live on, continually, Should not see corruption. |
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| 10 For it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth: |
Leave their wealth – The result of an unsound mind. If the mind were well balanced its energies would be divided between accumulation and using, for good and noble uses for himself and his fellowmen. R1080:5
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| 11 Their, inward thought, is that their houses are for times age-abiding, Their habitations, for generation after generation,–They give their own names unto lands! |
That their houses – Their families. C20
Shall continue – Holding to the present arrangement of society with a death clutch. C20
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| 12 But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word–Beasts, they resemble: |
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| 13 This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. [Selah.] |
Posterity approve – Receiving their inheritance with mean ingratitude and generally using it to their own injury. R1080:5, R1413:4
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| 14 Like sheep–into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them,–And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him. |
Like sheep – Sheep are not buried in graves, but in oblivion. E363
They – A certain class who vainly think to build up fortunes and make their names endure without realizing what is the true wealth of character which should be sought. R2338:2
Laid In the grave – Sheol, oblivion, death; not torment. E363; R2600:2
And the upright – The saints. (Dan. 7:27) R2600:2
"The saints shall judge the world." (1 Cor. 6:2) E364
Dominion over them – Come under the dominion of Christ and the Church in the morning of the Millennial day. R2338:3
"Rule them with a rod of iron." (Rev. 19:15) A303
In the morning – Of the resurrection, the Millennium. A60; E363; R302:6*
The morning shall bring dominion to the righteous-- redemption from the power of the grave. R302; 6*
Grave from their dwelling – The grave, sheol, oblivion, being an habitation to every one of them (margin). E363
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| 15 But, God, will redeem my soul, out of the hand of hades, For he will take me. [Selah.] |
Will redeem my soul – By giving thy Son as my ransom price. A172
It is the soul that was sentenced to death. R5166:3, R1510:2, R3854:5; E328, E348
The soul that went into death is the soul that was redeemed by Jesus. R5166:3
Power of the grave – Sheol, oblivion, death; not torment. E328, E363
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| 16 Do not fear, When a man becometh rich, When the glory of his house increaseth; |
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| 17 For, when he dieth, he shall take, nothing, his glory shall not descend after him; |
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| 18 For, though, his own self–while he lived, he used to bless, And they will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself, |
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| 19 He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light. |
They shall – His earthly riches shall. R1761:5
Never see light – Never more be seen as his. R1761:5
They shall never see light before death overtakes them. R3725:4*
Never-- "ad," as far as, or until; "naytsakh," goal, or the bright object at a distance traveled towards; "lo," not. Instead of teaching everlasting death, the word "never" teaches resurrection. R2358:4*
Never see life in the full sense, though all the families of the earth shall be awakened and brought to a full clear knowledge of the truth before being sentenced as wicked. R1106:4
Never be enlightened concerning a better way. R3725:4* Psalms 49:20
That is in honour – Therefore not heathen, or men dying in ignorance of God. R1761:3
Lifted up by restitution processes to the glory and honor of perfect manhood. R1761:3
Understandeth not – Does not appreciate the work which Christ has done for him. R1761:5
Like the beasts – Perishing hopelessly. R1761:3
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| 20 A son of earth though wealthy, who discerneth not, Hath made himself a by-word, Beasts, they resemble. |
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