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| 1 A Prayer of David. |
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| Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit. |
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| 2 From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly. |
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| 3 Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth. |
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| 4 As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer; |
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| 5 To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden. |
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| 6 I I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech. |
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| 7 Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders. |
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| 8 Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me. |
Apple of the eye – The true Church, espoused to Christ. D29
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| 9 From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me. |
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| 10 Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride: |
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| 11 'Our steps now have compassed [him];' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land. |
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| 12 His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places. |
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| 13 Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword, |
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| 14 From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings. |
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| 15 I in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form! |
I shall be satisfied – It will more than compensate for all the little things you suffer and endure now. CR462:6
We will not attain full satisfaction until we experience our resurrection change. R4558:1, R4810:2, R1387:6
We may be content now, but we shall be satisfied only when we get those eternal verities of which we now have only the promise or hope. SM739:3
By faith we are satisfied and rest in hope--actually we shall be satisfied when we awake in his likeness. R3730:6
Nevertheless, there is a measure of satisfaction to our drinking, even in the present time. R4132:5
The prophets of past ages will likewise be satisfied when they awake with God's likeness as Adam had it. R613:2
When I awake – In the first resurrection. R1703:4, R2671:6
Death is a condition of unconsciousness, rest and quiet. R5059:6
With thy likeness – Christ in the likeness of the Father. T67
The Church in the likeness of its head, having the divine nature. T67; A222; E140; R4966:5; CR117:4
Mankind in the likeness of the man Jesus. E140
There are two likenesses spoken of in the Bible--the likeness of men and the likeness of God. R89:1
"It doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he shall be revealed, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." (1 John 3:2) R4675:3; CR117:4
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