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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. A Melodious Song.]] Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth; |
A joyful noise – The Lord can get along without trained choirs. What he desires is that all should praise him in their hearts. R2511:3
All ye lands – All the world. R5500:3
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| 2 Praise ye in song the glory of his Name, Celebrate the glory of his praise: |
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| 3 Say unto God–How fearful in thy doings, Through the abounding of thy power, shall thy foes come cringing unto thee; |
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| 4 All the earth, shall bow themselves down to thee, And sing praises unto thee, Shall praise in song thy Name. [Selah.] |
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| 5 Come and see the doings of God,–Fearful in deed toward the sons of men: |
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| 6 He turned the sea into dry land, Through the stream, crossed they over on foot, There did we rejoice in him: |
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| 7 Who ruleth, in his might, unto times age abiding, His eyes, over the nations, keep watch, The rebellious, let them not exalt themselves. [Selah.] |
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| 8 Bless our God, O ye peoples, And cause to be heard, the sound of his praise;– |
Our God – His name is Faithfulness. R5501:2
Ye people – Primarily relates to natural Israel--even more appropriately to spiritual Israel. R5500:6
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| 9 Who hath set our soul among the living, And hath not suffered, our foot, to slip. |
Feet to be moved – They were not vanquished by their enemies as long as they trusted and obeyed; so with spiritual Israel. R5500:6
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| 10 For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver: |
Proved us – Probed our heart within. R187:5
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| 11 Thou didst bring us into the hunter's net, Thou didst lay a load upon our loins; |
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| 12 Thou didst let men ride at our head; We went into fire and into water, But thou didst bring us forth into freedom. |
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| 13 I will enter thy house with ascending-sacrifices, I will pay unto thee my vows, |
Pay thee my vows – Which David had made in the time of his trouble. R5500:3
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| 14 Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, in my distress. |
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| 15 Ascending-sacrifices of fatlings, will I cause to ascend unto thee, With the perfume of rams, I will offer bulls, with he-goats. [Selah.] |
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| 16 Come! hearken–that I may recount, all ye reverers of God, What he hath done for my soul:– |
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| 17 Unto him–with my mouth, did I cry, And high praise was under my tongue. |
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| 18 If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me! |
If I regard iniquity – Pray, being free from condemnation. R5380:3*
Having prayed against sin, be sure you watch against it. R585:3*
To take the name of God, claiming to be Christians, without determination and effort to fairly represent him, is a sin against God. R1527:6
In my heart – We are to be loyal to the very core or God will reject us. SM346:1
The Lord will not hear – "God heareth not sinners." (John 9:31) R2024:1
To undertake the Christian life is to engage in a great warfare against iniquity. R1527:6
"Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity." (2 Tim. 2:19) R1527:6
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| 19 But in truth, God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. |
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| 20 Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his own lovingkindness from me. |
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