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| 1 Hallelujah! Praise the name of Jehovah; praise, ye servants of Jehovah, |
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| 2 Ye that stand in the house of Jehovah, in the courts of the house of our God. |
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| 3 Praise ye Jah; for Jehovah is good: sing psalms unto his name; for it is pleasant. |
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| 4 For Jah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, Israel for his own possession. |
LORD hath chosen Jacob – God himself was king of Israel. Hezekiah and others were only his representatives on the throne. R1358:4
His peculiar treasure – So long as Israel was under the divine rulership and care, no evil could befall them--except by divine permission for their correction and discipline. R1358:5
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| 5 For *I* know that Jehovah is great, and our Lord is above all gods. |
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| 6 Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, he hath done in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps; |
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| 7 Who causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; who maketh lightnings for the rain; who bringeth the wind out of his treasuries: |
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| 8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast; |
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| 9 Who sent signs and miracles into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants; |
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| 10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings, |
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| 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan; |
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| 12 And gave their land for an inheritance, an inheritance unto Israel his people. |
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| 13 Thy name, O Jehovah, is for ever; thy memorial, O Jehovah, from generation to generation. |
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| 14 For Jehovah will judge his people, and will repent in favour of his servants. |
The LORD will judge – It is not for us to judge any. R4473:6
His people – Up to the present God has not been judging the world; the trial is confined to justified believers. HG234:3
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| 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands: |
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| 16 They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not; |
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| 17 They have ears, and they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouth. |
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| 18 They that make them are like unto them, --every one that confideth in them. |
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| 19 House of Israel, bless ye Jehovah; house of Aaron, bless ye Jehovah; |
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| 20 House of Levi, bless ye Jehovah; ye that fear Jehovah, bless Jehovah. |
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| 21 Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, who dwelleth at Jerusalem! Hallelujah! |
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