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| To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. |
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| 1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works. |
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| 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. |
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| 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. |
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| 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. |
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| 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. |
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| 6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. |
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| 7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. |
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| 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. |
And he shall – In the Millennial age. F396
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| 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
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| 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. |
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| 11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. |
Dwelleth In Zion – The spiritual Church of God. A297; D23; T33
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| 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. |
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| 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: |
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| 14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. |
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| 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. |
That they made – Those who dig pits for others are likely to fall therein themselves. R2503:4
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| 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. |
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| 17 The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, and all the nations that forget God. |
The wicked – Those who forget God after clear knowledge. E361; R2610:1; HG498:5
This text applies to the time when the highway of holiness is set up. R2610:2, R553:2
Saints and sinners all go into Sheol now. R553:5
Turned into hell – Shub, returned, into Sheol, oblivion, Second Death. E361; R2610:4; OV174:6; Q329:3
Into the condition of death. R553:2
Showing that some go into hell once, come out of hell, learn of God, forget him and are returned to hell. HG734:3*
Since they are returned to hell, it must be to the Second Death. R769:5, R1298:3*, R3084:1
Nations – Goi, heathen, Gentiles, people. All who, under that full knowledge, do not become Israelites indeed. R2610:3
That forget God – That do not become God's covenant people. R2610:3
They must first have known him. Q329:2; R2610:1
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| 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. |
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| 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. |
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| 20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. |
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