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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician, with stringed Instruments upon the eighth. A Melody of David.]] O Yahweh! do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me. |
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| 2 Show me favour, O Yahweh, for languishing am I: Heal me, O Yahweh,–for dismayed are my bones: |
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| 3 Yea, my soul, is dismayed greatly, Thou, then, O Yahweh–how long? |
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| 4 Return, O Yahweh, deliver my soul, Save me, for the sake of thy lovingkindness; |
Deliver my soul – It is the soul, the being, which is destroyed. E361
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| 5 For, in death, is no remembrance of thee,–In hades, who shall give thanks unto thee? |
Is no remembrance – There is no consciousness in hell. E361; R4781:2, R552:6, R802:2*, R4363:4*; SM525:1; HG511:1
"The dead know not anything." (Eccl. 9:5) R754:4*
Death is the "land of forgetfulness." (Psa. 88:11) CR209:2; HG335:1
Therefore they can neither assent to, nor oppose, their awakening. R1509:5
Man's probation or trial must occur, not in death, but before the state of death has begun or after it has ended--in the resurrection. R909:3*, R915:6
Even from the human standpoint it would be a short time for each individual who would only have the few remaining years of life before the Kingdom. R3180:6
Thus, when our Lord was dead he could not preach and the dead of mankind could not hear. R4176:6
In the grave – Sheol, oblivion, death, not torment. E361; R828:6; HG216:2
Give thee thanks – The text manifestly refers to the pious. E361
Therefore the departed saints have not been praising the Lord after their death all during the past ages. R1881:5
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| 6 I am weary with my sighing, I flood, through the whole night, my couch,–With my tears, I cause, my bed, to dissolve: |
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| 7 My face, is all sunken with sorrow,–it hath aged, because of all mine adversaries. |
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| 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for Yahweh hath heard the voice of my weeping: |
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| 9 Yahweh, hath heard my supplication, Yahweh, will receive, my prayer. |
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| 10 Let all my foes, turn pale and be greatly dismayed, Again let them turn pale in a moment. |
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