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| 1 To the Overseer. A Song, a Psalm. |
A joyful noise – The Lord can get along without trained choirs. What he desires is that all should praise him in their hearts. R2511:3
All ye lands – All the world. R5500:3
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| Shout ye to God, all the earth. |
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| 2 Praise ye the honour of His name, Make ye honourable His praise. |
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| 3 Say to God, 'How fearful [are] Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee. |
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| 4 All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.' Selah. |
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| 5 Come ye, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men. |
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| 6 He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him. |
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| 7 Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. Selah. |
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| 8 Bless, ye peoples, our God, And sound the voice of His praise, |
Our God – His name is Faithfulness. R5501:2
Ye people – Primarily relates to natural Israel--even more appropriately to spiritual Israel. R5500:6
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| 9 Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved. |
Feet to be moved – They were not vanquished by their enemies as long as they trusted and obeyed; so with spiritual Israel. R5500:6
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| 10 For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver. |
Proved us – Probed our heart within. R187:5
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| 11 Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins. |
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| 12 Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place. |
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| 13 I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows, |
Pay thee my vows – Which David had made in the time of his trouble. R5500:3
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| 14 For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress: |
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| 15 'Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' Selah. |
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| 16 Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul. |
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| 17 Unto Him [with] my mouth I have called, And exaltation [is] under my tongue. |
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| 18 Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear. |
If I regard iniquity – Pray, being free from condemnation. R5380:3*
Having prayed against sin, be sure you watch against it. R585:3*
To take the name of God, claiming to be Christians, without determination and effort to fairly represent him, is a sin against God. R1527:6
In my heart – We are to be loyal to the very core or God will reject us. SM346:1
The Lord will not hear – "God heareth not sinners." (John 9:31) R2024:1
To undertake the Christian life is to engage in a great warfare against iniquity. R1527:6
"Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity." (2 Tim. 2:19) R1527:6
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| 19 But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. |
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| 20 Blessed [is] God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me! |
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