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| 1 [[A Melodious Song. For the Sons of Korah.]] Great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain. |
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| 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the land, Is Mount Zion, in the recesses of the north,–The city of a great king. |
Is mount Zion – The heavenly phase of the Kingdom of God. R3647:2; A295
God's agency.
The reward of The Christ. R5711:2
Sides of the north – The great eminence which Lucifer sought, that he might "sit upon the sides of the north," (Isa. 14:13) will be granted as a reward to The Christ. R5711:2
The city – The New Jerusalem. A295
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| 3 God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower. |
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| 4 For lo! Kings–Met as appointed, Passed by together; |
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| 5 They themselves, saw, So, were they amazed, Dismayed–they hurried way! |
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| 6 Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs, like hers who is in travail. |
A woman in travail – The troubles of the Day of the Lord are but the labor pains of the old, as the new dispensation is ushered into existence. R621:2
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| 7 With an east wind, wilt thou shatter the ships of Tarshish. |
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| 8 Just as we have heard, So, have we seen, In the city of Yahweh of hosts, In the city of our God, God himself, will establish her, unto times age-abiding. [Selah.] |
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| 9 We have thought, O God, upon thy lovingkindness, In the midst of thy temple: |
Of thy temple – The Christ. T70
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| 10 According to thy Name, O God, So, be thy praise, unto the ends of the earth, With righteousness, is, thy right hand, filled. |
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| 11 Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah exult, Because of thy judgments. |
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| 12 Go round Zion, and compass her about, Reckon up her towers; |
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| 13 Apply your mind to her rampart, Pass between her palaces, That ye may recount them to an after generation; |
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| 14 For, this God, is our God, to times age-abiding and beyond, He himself, will conduct us till death. |
Be our guide – Ask him to guide you, with no will of your own, no choice as to the pathway. R590:5
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