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| 1 He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, |
The secret place of the Most High – "The place of intimate communion and fellowship with God, through the blessed privilege of prayer and through faith in His precious Word and His promised providential care." R1788:2
Pictures "The Holy Place" It is "represented by the holy place in the typical tabernacle." R1913
Pictures "The Most Holy"
Is pictured by the Most Holy. R1432; R3331:
Pictures "The Holy" R4925; R5989 This one is clearer as it covers both. R5815
In the above citations we do note that in the later ones Br. Russell always referred to this "secret place of the Most High" where the saints dwell now as being "The Holy."
The Most Holy is also "the secret place of the Most High" and will be the permanent dwelling place of the saints throughout eternity, but for those saints still running the race the "secret place" is The Holy. - See Heb. 6:19 where Paul reminds that our hope reaches to that within the veil (into the Most Holy.) |
| 2 He is saying of Jehovah, 'My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,' |
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| 3 For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence. |
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| 4 With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler [is] His truth. |
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| 5 Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day, |
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| 6 Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon, |
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| 7 There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh. |
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| 8 But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest, |
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| 9 (For Thou, O Jehovah, [art] my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation. |
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| 10 Evil happeneth not unto thee, And a plague cometh not near thy tent, |
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| 11 For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways, |
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| 12 On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot. |
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| 13 On lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon. |
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| 14 Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him I set him on high, Because he hath known My name. |
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| 15 He doth call Me, and I answer him, I [am] with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him. |
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| 16 With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation! |
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