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| 1 Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation. |
A joyful noise – All who have heart sentiments of thankfulness and gratitude should be encouraged to make a joyful noise unto the Lord, without trained choirs being necessary. R2511:5
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| 2 We come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him. |
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| 3 For a great God [is] Jehovah, And a great king over all gods. |
For the LORD – Jehovah. E67
Is a great God – El, mighty one. E67
Above all gods – Elohim, mighty ones. E67
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| 4 In whose hand [are] the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills [are] His. |
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| 5 Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land. |
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| 6 Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker. |
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| 7 For He [is] our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken, |
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| 8 Harden not your heart as [in] Meribah, As [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness, |
In the provocation – While passing through the wilderness, the children of Israel aroused his indignation repeatedly. R5125:1
As in the day – Forty years, not 24 hours. B47; F19; PD3/8; HG583:4
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| 9 Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work. |
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| 10 Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, 'A people erring in heart they! And they have not known My ways:' |
Forty years long – Typifying the 19 centuries of the period of Jewish disfavor. R3079:3
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| 11 Where I sware in Mine anger, 'If they come in unto My rest !' |
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