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| 1 Not unto us, O Yahweh, not unto us,–but, unto thine own Name, give glory, concerning thy lovingkindness, concerning thy faithfulness. |
Not unto us – An exhortation to humility. R5901:1 Psalms 115:6
But they smell not – Ruach, exert invisible power--sense of smell. E174
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| 2 Wherefore should the nations say, Pray where is their God? |
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| 3 When, our God, is in the heavens, Whatsoever he pleased, hath he done. |
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| 4 Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men,– |
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| 5 A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; |
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| 6 Ears, have they, but they hear not, A nose, have they, but they smell not: |
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| 7 Their hands! but they feel not, Their feet! but they walk not, No sound make they in their throat. |
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| 8 Like unto them, shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them. |
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| 9 O Israel! trust thou in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! |
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| 10 O house of Aaron! trust ye in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! |
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| 11 Ye that revere Yahweh! trust in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! |
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| 12 Yahweh, hath remembered us, he will bless–He will bless the house of Israel, He will bless the house of Aaron; |
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| 13 He will bless them who revere Yahweh, the small with the great. |
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| 14 Yahweh multiply you, You, and your children.
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| 15 Blessed are ye of Yahweh, who made the heavens and the earth: |
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| 16 As for the heavens, the heavens, belong to Yahweh, but the earth, hath he given to the sons of men. |
The children of men – As represented by father Adam, and conditioned upon obedience and loyalty. R5335:5
God's guidance in the affairs of earth was originally intended. R5304:3
The race as a whole will have possession of the earth. R5183:1, R5112:1
God would have the prosperous concentrate their mental powers not upon the personal aggregation of wealth, but upon generous schemes for the uplifting of the entire race. R5112:5
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| 17 The dead, cannot praise Yah, nor any that go down into silence; |
The dead praise not – But the resurrection of the dead will bring all to a full knowledge of the truth. R890:1
Down into silence – "There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave" (Eccl. 9:10); not a place where shrieks and groans are heard. R2599:2, R2604:4
Death is a place of darkness (Job 10:21); of no remembrance (Psa. 6:5); a land of forgetfulness (Psa. 88:11) where there is neither work, nor device, nor wisdom, nor knowledge (Eccl. 9:5,10; Job 14:21). CR209:2*; HG194:5; HG216:2
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| 18 But, we, will bless Yah, from henceforth even unto times age-abiding. Praise ye Yah. |
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