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| 1 To the Overseer. A Psalm of David. |
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| O God of my praise, be not silent, |
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| 2 For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred! |
Opened against me – Prophetic of the painful circumstances of Jesus' death. R1205:2
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| 3 They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause. |
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| 4 For my love they oppose me, and I prayer! |
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| 5 And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love. |
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| 6 Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand. |
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| 7 In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin. |
Be condemned – Upon Judas alone, of all who had to do with his death, our Lord placed the full responsibility. R1962:5, R4909:3
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| 8 His days are few, his oversight another taketh, |
Let another – The Apostle Paul. Q521:2; R5002:3, R5408:6, R5940:4
Take his office – Judas' office. Q521:2; R5002:3, R5408:6, R5940:4
Prophetic announcement of a successor to Judas, to teach that the appointment of his successor was exceptional and not the rule. R5002:3
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| 9 His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow. |
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| 10 And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places. |
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| 11 An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour. |
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| 12 He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans. |
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| 13 His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out. |
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| 14 The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out. |
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| 15 They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial. |
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| 16 Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart to slay, |
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| 17 And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him. |
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| 18 And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones. |
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| 19 It is to him as apparel he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on. |
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| 20 This [is] the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul. |
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| 21 And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness [is] good, deliver me. |
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| 22 For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst. |
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| 23 As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust. |
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| 24 My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness. |
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| 25 And I I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head. |
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| 26 Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness. |
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| 27 And they know that this [is] Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it. |
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| 28 They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice. |
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| 29 Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe [is] their shame. |
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| 30 I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him, |
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| 31 For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul. |
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