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| 1 To the chief Musician. A Song: a Psalm. Shout aloud unto God, all the earth: |
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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| 2 Sing forth the glory of his name, make his praise glorious; |
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| 3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee. |
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| 4 All the earth shall worship thee, and sing psalms unto thee: they shall sing forth thy name. Selah. |
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| 5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doings toward the children of men. |
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| 6 He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him. |
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| 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. |
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| 8 Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard; |
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 set our soul in life, and suffereth 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, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. |
Proved us – Probed our heart within. R187:5
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| 11 Thou brougthest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins; |
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| 12 Thou didst cause men to ride over our head; we went through fire and through water: but thou hast brought us out into abundance. |
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| 13 I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will perform my vows to thee, |
Pay thee my vows – Which David had made in the time of his trouble. R5500:3
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| 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. |
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| 15 I will offer up unto thee burnt-offerings of fatted beasts, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. |
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| 16 Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. |
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| 17 I called unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. |
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| 18 Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would 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 be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me! |
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