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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.]] Thou hast accepted, O Yahweh, thy land, Thou hast brought back the captives of Jacob; |
Brought back – Cyrus gave Israel liberty to return from Babylonian captivity. Messiah, the antitypical Cyrus, is about to give full liberty for the return of Israel to divine favor, to Palestine. OV176:3; R4892:2
Captivity of Jacob – Natural Israel. A300
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| 2 Thou hast taken away, the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered, all their sin. [Selah.] |
Forgiven the iniquity – The Deliverer will do more than merely regather them. R4892:2
Israel's sins have not yet been taken away. OV176:4
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| 3 Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger. |
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| 4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us. |
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| 5 To times age-abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation? |
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| 6 Wilt not, thou thyself, again give us life, That, thy people, may rejoice in thee. |
Revive us again – Israel has the promise of a mighty deliverance. OV176:3
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| 7 Show us, O Yahweh, thy lovingkindness, And, thy salvation, wilt thou grant us. |
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| 8 I will hear, what GOD–Yahweh–will speak,–For he will bespeak prosperity to his people, And to his men of lovingkindness, And to them who return with their heart unto him. |
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| 9 Surely, near unto them who revere him, is his salvation, That the Glory, may settle down, in our land. |
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| 10 Lovingkindness and faithfulness, have met together, Righteousness and prosperity, have kissed each other; |
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| 11 Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down. |
Out of the earth – The earthly phase of the Kingdom. D653
Down from heaven – The heavenly phase of the Kingdom. D653
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| 12 Yahweh himself too, will give us the blessing, And, our land, shall yield her increase. |
Yield her increase – Until the whole earth shall smile as the Garden of Eden and break forth into singing. R1248:3
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| 13 Righteousness, before him, shall march long,–That he may make, into a way, the steps of its feet. |
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