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| 1 By Solomon. |
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| O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son. |
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| 2 He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment. |
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| 3 The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness. |
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| 4 He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor. |
break in pieces – This is what is accomplished by the Lord and His church. Consider the smiting of the image (Dan. 2:44-45) and the work done by the 6 men of Ezekiel 9 (Eze. 9:2, 5-7) [Note: in Eze. 9:2 the 'slaughter weapon' is 'a weapon of his breaking in pieces' - margin.] |
| 5 They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation generations. |
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| 6 He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers sprinkling the earth. |
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| 7 Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not. |
so long as the moon endureth – The moon here refers to the New (Law) Covenant. |
| 8 And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth. |
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| 9 Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust. |
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| 10 Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near. |
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| 11 And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him, |
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| 12 For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper, |
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| 13 He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth, |
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| 14 From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes. |
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| 15 And he liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth bless him. |
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| 16 There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth. |
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| 17 His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy. |
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| 18 Blessed is Jehovah God, God of Israel, He alone is doing wonders, |
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| 19 And blessed [is] the Name of His honour to the age, And the whole earth is filled [with] His honour. Amen, and amen! |
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| 20 The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended. |
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