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God the Refuge of his People.
For the Chief Musician.
A Psalm of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. |
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1 God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
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2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change,
And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;
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Mountains – Kingdoms
Into the midst of the sea – The ungovernable masses. Brother Russell looked at this text (in Dec. 1885) and at the policies of the Russian Czar and concluded that they would be swept away by revolution."The policy of Russia, for instance, is to concede nothing to the people, but to retain all its oppressive power intact. It will not melt; therefore it shall be forcibly carried in the tumult of revolution "into the midst of the sea." The sea in symbolic language represents the masses of the people unrestrained by law and order; hence the carrying of a mountain into the midst of the sea, would signify the overwhelming of a government in a revolutionary uprising of the masses." R815 |
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {Selah
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4 There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
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5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:
God will help her, at the dawn of morning.
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6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved:
He uttered his voice, the earth melted,
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The kingdoms were moved – Here God is giving us the key that mountains represent kingdoms. In verse 2 it was the mountains that were shaken (moved), here it is the kingdoms. See HGL427:2. |
7 Jehovah of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. {Selah
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8 Come, behold the works of Jehovah,
What desolations he hath made in the earth.
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9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;
He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;
He burneth the chariots in the fire.
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10 Be still, and know that I am God:
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
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11 Jehovah of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. {Selah |
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