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| 1 By David. |
Fingers to fight – We should never go to battle without the assurance that the battle is the Lord's, nor should we forget that "Our weapons are not carnal weapons." (2 Cor. 10:4) R2015:3
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| Blessed [is] Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle. |
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| 2 My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me! |
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| 3 Jehovah, what [is] man that Thou knowest him Son of man, that Thou esteemest him |
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| 4 Man to vanity hath been like, His days [are] as a shadow passing by. |
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| 5 Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke. |
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| 6 Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them, |
Cast forth lightning – Diffusions of knowledge. R511:2
Shoot out thine arrows – Divine truth, slaughtering the hosts of error. R5493:6; CR164:4; SM440:1
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| 7 Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger, |
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| 8 Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood. |
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| 9 O God, a new song I sing to Thee, On a psaltery of ten strings I sing praise to Thee. |
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| 10 Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil. |
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| 11 Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood, |
Strange children – The Lord shall separate the false, or strange, children from the true, and will glorify the saintly ones. R4768:2
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| 12 Because our sons [are] as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished the likeness of a palace, |
Corner stones – Corner pillars. R4768:4
Polished – Sculptured. R4768:4
The grace and beauty of the children of the Messiah will be marvelous, attaining to more than Adamic perfection. R4768:4
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| 13 Our garners [are] full, bringing out from kind to kind, Our flocks are bringing forth thousands, Ten thousands in our out-places, |
Our streets – Your open pastures. R4768:4
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| 14 Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places. |
No breaking in – No breach--no rupture of happy relationships. R4768:4
Nor going out – No migration, no more seeking for better or more happifying conditions. R4768:5
Even death shall be destroyed. R4768:4
No complaining – Discontent is now rapidly increasing with every added blessing of our wonderful day. R4768:5
Contentment will take the place of selfishness and discontent. R4768:5
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| 15 O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God [is] Jehovah! |
Happy is that people – It is an ideal picture of the future and not of the past. R4768:1
That happy nation will acquire, additionally, a happy home and a worldwide paradise. Even human perfection could not bring happiness if calamities continued. R4768:2
Whose God is the LORD – Whose God is Jehovah. We need to correct our ideas and our theologies. R4768:5
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