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| 1 Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise [is] comely. |
Rejoice in the LORD – Rejoicing and the spirit of praise are indissolubly linked in the divine economy. R2031:3
Praise is comely – Gratitude is one of the divinely implanted instincts of a soul bearing the image of God, and should therefore be cultivated. R2031:2
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| 2 Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him, |
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| 3 Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting. |
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| 4 For upright [is] the word of Jehovah, And all His work [is] in faithfulness. |
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| 5 Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full. |
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| 6 By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. |
By the word – Not Jehovah personally, but he used various agencies. He gave orders and they were promptly executed. E182
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| 7 Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths. |
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| 8 Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid. |
In awe – Before God, infinite in wisdom, justice, love and power. SM168:4
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| 9 For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth. |
For he spake – When we read that Jehovah created the heavens and the earth, we are not to suppose that he personally handled it, but that he used various agencies. R370:4
And it was done – His orders were promptly executed. E182
Satan has never interfered with God's plans. A116
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| 10 Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples. |
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| 11 The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations. |
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| 12 O the happiness of the nation whose God [is] Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him. |
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| 13 From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men. |
From heaven – The bodily presence of Jehovah is in heaven. R5547:6
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| 14 From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth; |
Looketh upon all – The Lord has means by which he can be cognizant of all earthly affairs. R5547:6
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| 15 Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works. |
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| 16 The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power. |
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| 17 A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver. |
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| 18 Lo, the eye of Jehovah [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness, |
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| 19 To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine. |
Their soul – Being. R277:1
From death – Not the body, but the being, called in the Scriptures, "soul," dies. R205:4, R277:1
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| 20 Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He, |
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| 21 For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted. |
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| 22 Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee! |
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