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| 1 Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely. |
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| 2 Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel. |
Outcasts of Israel – Assembling to his standards the outcasts of nominal spiritual Israel. (Isa. 66:5) R438:2
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| 3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. |
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| 4 He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all. |
The stars – The Lord's bright ones. R438:2
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| 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. |
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| 6 Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth. |
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| 7 Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God: |
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| 8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains; |
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| 9 Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry. |
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| 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man; |
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| 11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness. |
Them that fear him – Earnestly watchful of every word and act, trying to please the Lord, and copy his character. R2289:6
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| 12 Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. |
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| 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee; |
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| 14 He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat. |
Finest of the wheat – The wealth of our Father's storehouse. R5538:3
It is necessary that the New Creature be fed upon it. R5735:6
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| 15 He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly. |
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| 16 He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes; |
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| 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? |
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| 18 He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow--the waters flow. |
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| 19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. |
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| 20 He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah! |
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