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| 1 Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth's sake. |
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, Where then is their God? |
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| 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased. |
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| 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands: |
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| 5 They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not; |
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| 6 They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not; |
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| 7 They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat. |
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| 8 They that make them are like unto them, --every one that confideth in them. |
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| 9 O Israel, confide thou in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. |
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| 10 House of Aaron, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. |
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| 11 Ye that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. |
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| 12 Jehovah hath been mindful of 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 that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great. |
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| 14 Jehovah will add unto you more, unto you and unto your children. |
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| 15 Ye are blessed of Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth. |
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| 16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to the children 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 praise not Jah, neither 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 Jah from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah! |
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