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| 1 A Psalm of David. |
O ye mighty – El, a name often applied to Jehovah. E67; R296:3
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| Ascribe to Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength. |
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| 2 Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness. |
Beauty of holiness – The worship of God is elevating and ennobling, calculated to develop in us the glorious moral likeness of God. R1836:1
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| 3 The voice of Jehovah [is] on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah [is] on many waters. |
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| 4 The voice of Jehovah [is] with power, The voice of Jehovah [is] with majesty, |
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| 5 The voice of Jehovah [is] shivering cedars, Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon. |
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| 6 And He causeth them to skip as a calf, Lebanon and Sirion as a son of Reems, |
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| 7 The voice of Jehovah is hewing fiery flames, |
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| 8 The voice of Jehovah paineth a wilderness, Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh. |
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| 9 The voice of Jehovah paineth the oaks, And maketh bare the forests, And in His temple every one saith, 'Glory.' |
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| 10 Jehovah on the deluge hath sat, And Jehovah sitteth king to the age, |
Sitteth upon the flood – Indicating that Jehovah's dominion is established over all created beings. R1283:5*
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| 11 Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace! |
The LORD will give – So, then, if you lack the strength to use faithfully your talent, the fault is yours, not God's. R1282:6
Strength – Courage. The Lord encourages us in many ways. R4817:6
His people – His trusting, faithful servants. R4818:6
With peace – In this age, when all creation groans and travails in pain. R4818:5
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