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| Praise to Jehovah, and Warning against Unbelief. |
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1 Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah;
Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
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A joyful noise – All who have heart sentiments of thankfulness and gratitude should be encouraged to make a joyful noise unto the Lord, without trained choirs being necessary. R2511:5
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2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving;
Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
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3 For Jehovah is a great God,
And a great King above all gods.
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For the LORD – Jehovah. E67
Is a great God – El, mighty one. E67
Above all gods – Elohim, mighty ones. E67
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4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth;
The heights of the mountains are his also.
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5 The sea is his, and he made it;
And his hands formed dry land.
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6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:
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7 For he is our God,
And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Today, oh that ye would hear his voice!
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8 Harden not your heart, as at Meribah,
As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
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In the provocation – While passing through the wilderness, the children of Israel aroused his indignation repeatedly. R5125:1
As in the day – Forty years, not 24 hours. B47; F19; PD3/8; HG583:4
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9 When your fathers tempted me,
Proved me, and saw my work.
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10 Forty years long was I grieved with that generation,
And said, It is a people that do err in their heart,
And they have not known my ways:
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Forty years long – Typifying the 19 centuries of the period of Jewish disfavor. R3079:3
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11 Wherefore I sware in my wrath,
That they should not enter into my rest. |
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