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| 1 A Song of the Ascents. |
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| Remember, Jehovah, for David, all his afflictions. |
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| 2 Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: |
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| 3 'If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed, |
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| 4 If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids slumber, |
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| 5 Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob. |
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| 6 'Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest. |
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| 7 We come in to His tabernacles, We bow ourselves at His footstool. |
At his footstool – Applied by Popists to the kissing of the Pope's foot. B309
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| 8 Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength, |
Arise, O LORD – Chanted just before the glory of the Lord filled the Temple at its dedication. R4297:4*
Referring to the cloud's lifting from the Tabernacle and going before Israel as a guide. R3060:6
Thou, and the ark – The Christ. T121
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| 9 Thy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud. |
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| 10 For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed. |
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| 11 Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee. |
Fruit of thy body – The genealogical records prove Jesus to be the Son of David, as the prophets foretold. R944:1*
Fulfilled in Solomon only because Solomon was a type of the greater Son of David, who was also the Son of God. R2372:6
The typical kingdom continued from David to Zedekiah, then was taken away from the earth, never to be replaced until the Messiah replaces it as God's true Kingdom at his reign. Q93:8
If Solomon had obeyed God as did David, the deathless heir to the throne would have come from his seed as well. R467:3*
The Maccabeans did not come from the line God recognized, and the Herod family were not Jews at all. Q93:8
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| 12 If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee. |
If thy children – But they did not meet the conditions, and Solomon's line was rejected as Christ's ancestry. E130
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| 13 For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired [it] for a seat to Himself, |
Hath chosen Zion – The true Church. D158
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| 14 This [is] My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it. |
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| 15 Her provision I greatly bless, Her needy ones I satisfy [with] bread, |
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| 16 And her priests I clothe [with] salvation, And her pious ones do sing aloud. |
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| 17 There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed. |
The horn – Horns are symbols of power. T42
Of David – Type of Christ. B255
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| 18 His enemies I do clothe [with] shame, And upon him doth his crown flourish! |
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