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1 A Psalm. A Song for the sabbath-day. |
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Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High, |
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2 To declare in the morning Thy kindness, And Thy faithfulness in the nights. |
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3 On ten strings and on psaltery, On higgaion, with harp. |
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4 For Thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Jehovah, in Thy work, Concerning the works of Thy hands I sing. |
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5 How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts. |
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6 A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; |
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7 When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity For their being destroyed for ever and ever! |
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8 And Thou [art] high to the age, O Jehovah. |
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9 For, lo, Thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, Thine enemies, do perish, Separate themselves do all workers of iniquity. |
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10 And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil. |
But my horn – Horns are symbols of power. T42
With fresh oil – Type of the holy Spirit. T116
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11 And mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear. |
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12 The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. |
The righteous – And they only. C371
Shall flourish – In the Millennial age, in Christ's Kingdom. C371; R492:6
Like a cedar – Symbol of everlasting human life. T109
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13 Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish. |
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14 Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they, |
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15 To declare that upright [is] Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him! |
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