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| 1 To the Overseer. 'Destroy not.' A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. |
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| We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near [is] Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders. |
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| 2 When I receive an appointment, I I do judge uprightly. |
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| 3 Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I I have pondered its pillars. Selah. |
The earth – Not the literal, physical earth, but the symbolic earth, society as at present organized. R1813:6
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| 4 I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.' |
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| 5 Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.) |
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| 6 For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness [is] elevation. |
Promotion – All prominence, all promotion, and all control of the Church, is in the hands of the Lord. R5711:1
Cometh – The Church is on the way to a promotion, a prominence, greater than that of all others. R5710:6
Neither – Throughout the Scriptures, the North seems to be closely associated with Jehovah's government of earth. R5710:3[R5710:9]
The members of the Church do not promote their own selfish interests, but lay down their lives in carrying out God's great purpose and plan. R5711:1
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| 7 But God [is] judge, This He maketh low and this He lifteth up. |
God is the judge – The great eminence which Lucifer in his pride sought to grasp, that he might "sit on the sides of the north," will be granted as a reward to The Christ. (Isa. 14:13; Psa. 48:2) R5711:2
All things are of the Father and by the Son. In this work of judging the world, Christ will be the Judge, and the Church will be the associate judges. R5710:6
He – "God hath set the members, every one of them, in the body as it has pleased him." (1 Cor. 12:18) R5711:2
Putteth down – Therefore a brother, losing the office of elder or deacon, should accept the decision as from the Lord. R5305:6, R5711:3
The Lord will put down the attempt of the great usurper, Satan, to rule the world. R5710:5, R5305:5
Setteth up another – God sets up elders and deacons through the voice of the church. R5305:5
As he set up Nebuchadnezzar as the head of gold and raised up Pharaoh. (Ex. 9:16; Rom. 9:17) R5305:2
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| 8 For a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth, |
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| 9 And I I declare [it] to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob. |
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| 10 And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous! |
All the horns – Horns are symbols of power. T42
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