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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David–a song.]] Thine, are silence [and] praise, O God, in Zion,–And, to thee, shall be paid the vow. |
In Sion – The heavenly phase of the Kingdom. A295; T33; R2737:4
The vow – The vows of sacrifice. R2737:5
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| 2 Thou hearer of prayer! Unto thee, shall all flesh come. |
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| 3 Iniquitous things, have been too strong for me, As for our transgressions, wilt, thou, by propitiation remove them. |
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| 4 How happy the man thou shalt choose and bring near! He shall abide in thy courts,–We shall be satisfied with, The blessing of thy house, The holiness of thy temple. |
Whom thou choosest – Not many great and rich are chosen because their riches usually make them too self-confident and not sufficiently humble and reliant upon the Lord. R5605:2
Of thy holy temple – The Christ. R2508:2; T70; R2737:5
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| 5 By things reverend in righteousness, wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the sea far away; |
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| 6 Who setteth fast the mountains by his strength, Being girded with might; |
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| 7 Who stilleth, The noise of the seas, The noise of their rolling waves, and The tumult of races of men? |
Noise of the seas – The restless, ungovernable masses. A323; C229; D46, D551
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| 8 Yea the dwellers in the uttermost parts have feared at thy tokens, The goings forth of morning and evening, thou causest to shout for joy. |
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| 9 Thou hast visited the earth, and made it abound, Abundantly, dost thou enrich it–The channel of God, is full of waters, Thou preparest their corn, Yea, thus, dost thou prepare it: |
Visitest the earth – The new social order. R3113:6
The river of God – The river of the water of life, flowing from the city of God in the Millennial age. R2508:5
Is full of water – Truth. R2508:3; C65
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| 10 The ridges thereof, drenching, Settling the furrows thereof, With myriad drops, dost thou soften it, The sprouting thereof, doth thou bless. |
Waterest the ridges – The ground of Israel is no more chapped, for there are now rains in the land. The favor of Jehovah is causing the city of Jerusalem to revive R1297:5*
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| 11 Thou hast set a crown upon thy year of bounty, And, thy tracks, drop fatness; |
Crownest the year – The Lord's people should continually keep track of the mercies and blessings they enjoy and, at the close of a year, take a comparative view of their experiences. R2737:1
With thy goodness – Recalling life's storms as well as its sunshine, its sorrows as well as its joys, its tears as well as its smiles. R2737:3
Our Lord Jesus was the great channel of this divine goodness, through whom it reaches his followers. They, in turn, can become channels for dispensing divine goodness ultimately to Israel and all the world. R4100:6
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| 12 Fruitful are the pastures of the wilderness, And, with exultation, the hills do gird themselves. |
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| 13 Clothed are the pastures with flocks, The valleys also, cover themselves with corn, They shout for joy, yea they sing. |
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