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| 1 Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness. |
O give thanks – This Psalms was probably written for the dedication of the Temple. R4297:1
The last of the "Great Hillel," which was chanted antiphonally, or rather with responses, accompanied by the flute, on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. R2438:6*
Endureth for ever – The wrath of God is always just, and tempered with mercy. R2613:2, R5427:3; HG319:5
To a full completion. R5427:3
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| 2 I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age [is] His kindness. |
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| 3 I pray you, let the house of Aaron say, That, to the age [is] His kindness. |
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| 4 I pray you, let those fearing Jehovah say, That, to the age [is] His kindness. |
That fear the LORD – Perfect love casts out slavish, but not reverential, fear. R2986:6
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| 5 From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place. |
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| 6 Jehovah [is] for me, I do not fear what man doth to me. |
I will not fear – I shall be content, so long as I have my Father and my Redeemer. R5113:6
Can man do – Or say of me. R5113:6
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| 7 Jehovah [is] for me among my helpers, And I I look on those hating me. |
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| 8 Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man, |
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| 9 Better to take refuge in Jehovah, Than to trust in princes. |
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| 10 All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. |
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| 11 They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. |
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| 12 They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. |
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| 13 Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me. |
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| 14 My strength and song [is] Jah, And He is to me for salvation. |
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| 15 A voice of singing and salvation, [Is] in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. |
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| 16 The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. |
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| 17 I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah, |
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| 18 Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up. |
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| 19 Open ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them I thank Jah. |
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| 20 This [is] the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it. |
This gate of – This is the gate that leadeth to. D639
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| 21 I thank Thee, for Thou hast answered me, And art to me for salvation. |
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| 22 A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner. |
The stone – Christ. R1796:4; C329
Is become – In reference to his triumph in the resurrection and his future glory as King of the whole earth. R1796:4
The head stone – Typified by the top stone of the Great Pyramid. C329; R1982:1,6
A foundation is laid in the heavens, not on earth; the living stones built upon it are cemented to it by heavenly not earthly, attractions. R1982:2
"The chief corner stone" of the Temple which God purposes to build. R2940:2
As of a pyramid. Every under-stone must be built in harmony with the lines and angles of the top-stone, showing how all of God's sons, earthly and heavenly, must be conformed to the image of his Son. A242, A243
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| 23 From Jehovah hath this been, It [is] wonderful in our eyes, |
It is marvellous – To have the stone "witness," the Great Pyramid, speak, and corroborate the testimony of the Bible, is astounding. C374
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| 24 This [is] the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it. |
This is the day – The day of earth's salvation; the Millennial day of Christ's glory as the Head and Ruler of the world. C329; D639
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| 25 I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, save, I pray Thee, I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, prosper, I pray Thee. |
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| 26 Blessed [is] he who is coming In the name of Jehovah, We blessed you from the house of Jehovah, |
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| 27 God [is] Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar. |
Shewed us light – Truth. A20
Bind the sacrifice – In the time of sacrifice. R2789:1
Dying daily is a very hard thing to do. R4244:5*
The Vow is a closer binding of the sacrifice of consecration to the altar. R4402:3*
With cords – The cords of love and zeal. R2588:6
In the Tabernacle type, the goat was tied, picturing the covenant of sacrifice which we make. R4864:3
Of the altar – The Brazen altar. R101:1*
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| 28 My God Thou [art], and I confess Thee, My God, I exalt Thee. |
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| 29 Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness! |
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