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| 1 A Prayer of David. Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy. |
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| 2 Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee. |
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| 3 Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day. |
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| 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul. |
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| 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee. |
Ready to forgive – Let your faith grow strong by meditation upon the promises. R5381:5*
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| 6 Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications. |
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| 7 In the day of my distress I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me. |
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| 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works. |
Among the gods – Elohim, mighty ones. E67
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| 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name. |
Glorify thy name – "When thy judgments are made manifest." (Rev. 15:4) All will hail him as the infinitely wise one. R5430:4
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| 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone. |
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| 11 Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. |
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| 12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore. |
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| 13 For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. |
Delivered my soul – Christ's soul. E365
From the lowest hell – Depth of sheol, oblivion. Peculiarly applicable to Jesus since he was liable to perpetual oblivion if not raised from the dead. E365
Margin, the grave. R2599:3
The gradual change of language has attached a totally different meaning to the word "hell" than it originally had-- the grave. PD29/41
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| 14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them. |
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| 15 But thou, Lord, art a *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth. |
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| 16 Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. |
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| 17 Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me. |
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