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Psalms
Chapter
85
1a``{Title}'To
the Chief Musician/
'To
the one who excels' {natsach - Piel stem}
{Note: The psalms often begin 'to the chief musician'. But RBT says natsach in the piel stem means to the 'one who excels'.}
1b``A psalm for the sons/people of Korah.
{Note: Korah was the son of Izhar, grandson of Kohath, great grandson of Levi and leader of the rebellion of the Israelites against Moses and Aaron while in the wilderness; punished and died by an earthquake and flames of fire. His heirs, however, became the great musicians of Israel.}
1``
Jehovah/God, You have favored Your land
-
in the past with results that are lasting.
You
have restored Jacob/'the people of Israel'
from
captivity.
2``
You have forgiven
the
'guilt of the iniquities'/'punishment for the iniquities' {`avon}
of
Your people.
You
have 'intensively covered' {kacah}
all
their sin.
Selah
{Selah means singers rest and instruments play on
- it is a picture of you resting while the Grace of God continues
on} .
3``
You have 'gathered and taken away' {'acaph}
all
Your discipline/anger/wrath.
You
have turned Yourself
from
the fierceness of Your discipline/anger.
4``
Turn again, O 'Elohiym/Godhead
the
One of our deliverance/salvation,
and
cause Your anger toward us
to
be broken/frustrated.
5``
Will You be displeased {'anaph}
with
us for ever?
Will you draw out {mashak} Your anger to all generations?
6``Will
You not 'restore to life'/revive us again {?} . . .
that
Your people may keep on rejoicing {samach} in You?
7``Show
us your mercy/'grace in action' {checed},
O
Jehovah/God , and give us Your deliverance/salvation.
8~~I
will 'hear, listen and obey'/'concentrate on' {shama`}
what
'El/God . . . Jehovah/God will say/communicate {dabar}.
For
He will communicate prosperity {shalowm} to His people
{Israel - the client nation to God at this time - prosperity
comes when believers have the capacity - doctrine resident in the
soul},
and
to His 'gracious ones'/
'mature
believers'/'pivot in Israel' {chaciyd}.
But
{beware} . . . let them not return {shuwb}
to
'a state of foolishness'/'a state of weakness of mind'
{kiclah - lack of divine viewpoint in the collective souls of the
nation}.
9~~'Nothing
but'
{ak - an affirmative particle - usually 'emphatically'},
His
deliverance
{yesha` - from which we get Joshua - deliverance/salvation}
is
near
{do not forget the SOURCE of your prosperity}
to
those who are 'occupied with Him'/'fear Him' {yare'} . . .
in
order that glory
{divine blessing on a client nation}
may
'dwell permanently as an advantage' {shakan}
in
our land
{referring to a client nation - here Israel}.
10~~Mercy/'Grace
in Action' {checed}
and
Doctrine/Truth {'emeth}
have
met together.
{Principal of advance to spiritual maturity - grace and doctrine
come together resulting in maturity adjustment to the justice of
God}
Righteousness
and prosperity
have
kissed/'joined mouth to mouth' {nashaq}.
{Note: A kiss is a tender expression of love between a man and a woman. One side without the other is not fulfilling at all. The natural and fulfilled state is when the Righteousness of God and His Prosperity kiss. So, the whole verse is a wonderful description of the expression of faith in Him (salvation by grace), the imputation of His Righteousness to the believer at the point of salvation, the consistent intake of doctrine/truth and therefore, again by grace, the spiritual growth to maturity of the believer. At the point of spiritual maturity, His Righteousness and Justice are free to bless you - so His Righteousness and His blessings meet . . . with a kiss.}
{Verses
11-13: 4th Distich in the Chapter}
11a~~Doctrine/Truth
{'emeth}
shall
'shine forth'/'spring up' from the land.
{Note: As a client nation of God, Israel was privileged to have God's Word. It was their responsibility to evangelize the rest of the world.}
{Note: A 'distich' is 'a unit of verse consisting of two lines'.}
11b~~And
righteousness {tsedeq}
shall
'be offered from'/'look down' from heaven.
{Verse
12: Principal of National Blessing}
12a~~Also
{gan} Jehovah/God Himself . . . will give . . . 'the good'.
{Note: The good here includes His Righteousness at the point of salvation, His 'divine viewpoint' to those who study His Word, and then His blessings to a nation with a large pivot of mature believers.}
12b~~And our land will give her increase.
{Note: This is the principal of economic prosperity to an agricultural society. Economic prosperity in a nation depends of the size of the PIVOT of mature believers. When there are a large enough number of believers in a nation, then God if free to give His blessings to the entire nation. But remember 'To whom much is given, much is expected'.}
{Verse
13: Principal of Personal Blessing}
13a~~Righteousness
{His Divine Righteousness} . . .
shall
go before 'His Face'/Him
{motivation from having the divine righteousness of God}.
{Note: Paul in Romans gives us a great dissertation on the difference between the self-righteousness of man (walking by the flesh) and using the Righteousness of God (walking by the Spirit) that was imputed to us at salvation.}
{Note: Resident Righteousness desires Resident Doctrine. Until a believer brings in doctrine he is unfulfilled. The Church Age is the Age of 'All the Fullness from God' (Pleroma Tou Theo). We now have all the Divine Viewpoint that He knows we can absorb available to us. All we have to do is study.}
13b~~For
the purpose that he {positive believer}
may
place his steps
{intake of doctrine today, tomorrow and the next day}
toward
the Way
{the Righteous Ways of God - operating under divine viewpoint in
the soul}.
{Note: God does not bless until you have the capacity to appreciate the blessings. This capacity only comes after the imputation of Divine Righteousness at the point of salvation and then from Divine Viewpoint resident in your soul. Without the capacity, blessings (wealth, property, good looks, talent) are all 'vanity of vanities' or 'meaninglessness of meaninglessnesses'. They lead to frustration, insecurity, and great unhappiness.}
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