The Psalms Of Solomon:
Distress and the
sound of
war hath my ear heard;
The sound of a
trumpet announcing
slaughter and calamity, The sound of much people as of an exceeding high wind, As a tempest with mighty fire sweeping through the Negeb.
And I said in my
heart; Surely ... God judgeth us;
When the
sinner waxed
proud, with a
battering-ram he Broke
down fortified walls,
And Thou didst not restrain him. Alien nations ascended Thine altar, They trampled (it) proudly with their
sandals;.
I. They became insolent in
their prosperity
1 I cried unto the Lord when I
was in distress [ ],
........Unto God when sinners assailed.
2 Suddenly the alarm of war (outlawed in Numbers 10:7 for the
assembly with rejoicing)
........ was heard before me; (I said),
........ He will hearken to me, for I am full of
righteousness.
3 I thought in my heart that I
was full of
righteousness,
........ Because I was well off and had
become
rich in childre
n.
4 Their wealth spread to the
whole earth,
........ And their glory unto the end of the
earth.
5 They were exalted unto the stars;
........ They said they would never fall.
6 But they became
insolent in their prosperity,
........ And they were without
understanding,
7 Their sins were in
secret,
........ And even I
had no knowledge (of them).
8 Their transgressions (went)
beyond those of the heathen before them;
........ They utterly polluted the holy things of the Lord.
Pollute:
Chalal (h2490)
khaw-lal'; a prim. root [comp. 2470]; prop. to bore, i. e. (by impl.)
to wound, to dissolve; fig. to profane
(a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by
an "opening wedge"); denom. (from 2485) to play (the flute): - begin (* men began), defile, *
break, defile, * eat (as common things), * first, * gather the grape thereof, * take inheritance, pipe,
player on
instruments,
pollute, (cast as) profane (self),
prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
II. The Psalms Of Solomon.
Concerning Jerusalem.
1 When the sinner waxed proud, with a battering-ram
........ he cast down fortified walls,
........ And Thou didst not restrain (him).
2 Alien nations ascended Thine altar,
........ They trampled (it) proudly with their
sandals;
3 Because the sons of Jerusalem had defiled the holy things of the
Lord,
........ Had profaned with iniquities the offerings of God.
4 Therefore He said:
........ Cast them far from Me;
5 It was set at naught before
God,
........ It was utterly dishonoured;
6 The sons and the daughters
were in grievous captivity,
........ Sealed (?) (was) their neck, branded
(?) (was it) among the nations.
7 According to their sins hath
He done unto them,
........ For He hath left them in the hands of
them that prevailed.
8 He hath turned away His face
from pitying them,
........ Young and old and their children
together;
9 For they had done evil one
and all,
........ in not hearkening.
10 And the heavens were angry,
And the earth abhorred them;
11 For no man upon it had done
what they did,
12 And the earth recognized all
Thy righteous judgements, O God.
13 They set the sons of
Jerusalem to be mocked
(usually with music)
........ at in return for (the) harlots in her;
........ Every wayfarer entered in in the full
light of day.
At that time
Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years,
the span of a king's life. But at the end of these seventy years, it
will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute: Isaiah 23:15
"Take up a
harp, walk through the city, O
prostitute
forgotten; play the
harp
well, sing many a song,
so that you will be
remembered." Isaiah
23:16
14 They made mock with their transgressions,
........ as they themselves were wont to do;
........ In the full light of day they
revealed their iniquities.
15 And the daughters of
Jerusalem were defiled
in accordance with Thy judgement,
........ Because they had defiled themselves with
unnatural
intercourse.
16 I am pained in my bowels and
my inward parts for these things.
........ (And yet) I will justify Thee, O God, in
uprightness of heart,
........ For in Thy judgements is Thy
righteousness (displayed), O God.
17 For Thou hast rendered to
the sinners according to their deeds,
........ Yea according to their sins, which were
very wicked.
18 Thou hast uncovered their
sins,
........ that Thy judgement might be
manifest;
19 Thou hast wiped out their
memorial from the earth.
........ God is a righteous judge, And He is no
respecter of persons.
20 For the nations reproached
Jerusalem, trampling it
down;
........ Her beauty was dragged
down from the throne of
glory.
21 She girded on sackcloth
instead of comely raiment,
........ A rope (was) about her head instead of a
crown.
22 She put off the glorious
diadem which God had set upon her,
23 In dishonour was her beauty
cast upon the ground.
24 And I saw and entreated the
Lord and said,
........ Long enough, O Lord, has Thine hand been
heavy on Israel, in bringing the nations upon (them).
25 For they have
made
sport unsparingly in
wrath and fierce anger;
And they rose up
early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace
offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and
rose up to
play. Exodus
32:6
And it came to
pass, when their hearts
were merry, that they
said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house;
and he made them
sport: and they set him
between the pillars. Judges 16:25
And David and all
the house of Israel played
before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even
on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on
cymbals. 2 Samuel 6:5
26 And they will make an utter
end,
........ unless Thou, O Lord, rebuke them in Thy
wrath.
27 For they have done it not in
zeal, but in lust of soul,
28 Pouring out their wrath upon
us with a view to rapine.
29 Delay not, O God, to
recompense them on (their) heads,
........ To turn the pride of the dragon into dishonour.
30 And I had not long to wait
before God showed me the insolent one
........
Slain on the mountains
of Egypt,
........ Esteemed of less account than the least
on land and sea;
31 His body, ( too,) borne
hither and thither on the billows with much insolence,
........ With none to bury (him),
........ because He had rejected him with
dishonour. He reflected not that he was man.
32 And reflected not on the
latter end;
33 He said: I will be lord of
land and sea;
........ And he recognized not that it is God who
is great,
........ Mighty in His great strength.
34 He is king over the
heavens,
........ And judgeth kings and kingdoms.
35 (It is He) who setteth me up
in glory, And bringeth down the proud to eternal destruction in
dishonour,
........ Because they knew Him not.
36 And now behold, ye princes
of the earth, the judgement of the Lord,
........ For a great king and righteous (is He),
judging (all) that is under heaven.
37 Bless God, ye that fear the
Lord with wisdom,
........ For the mercy of the Lord will be upon
them that fear Him, in the Judgement;
38 So that He will distinguish
between the righteous and the sinner,
........ (And) recompense the sinners for ever
according to their deeds;
39 And have mercy on the
righteous, (delivering him) from the affliction of the sinner,
........ And recompensing the sinner for what he
hath done to the righteous.
40 For the Lord is good to them
that call upon Him in
patience,
........ Doing according to His mercy to His
pious ones,
........ Establishing (them) at all times before
Him in strength.
41 Blessed be the Lord for ever
before His servants.
III. The
Psalmss Of Solomon. Concerning the righteous.
1 Why sleepest thou, O my soul,
And blessest not the Lord?
2 Sing (psalle) a new song, Unto God who is worthy to be praised.
Sing and be wakeful against His
awaking,
........ For good is The Psalms (sung) to God from a glad
heart.
3 The righteous remember the
Lord at all times,
........ With thanksgiving and declaration of the righteousness of the
Lord's judgements
4 The righteous despiseth not the chastening of the
Lord;
........ His will is always before the
Lord.
5 The righteous stumbleth and
holdeth the Lord righteous:
........ He falleth and looketh out for what God
will do to him;
6 He seeketh out whence his
deliverance will come.
7 The steadfastness of the
righteous is from God their deliverer;
........ There lodgeth not in the house of the
righteous sin upon sin.
8 The righteous continually
searcheth his
house,
........ To remove utterly (all) iniquity (done)
by him in error.
This alludes to the
Passover practice of using a lamp to search the entire house for
leaven in absolute
silence. When we come
before God in communion only God and one other can be in the most
holy place at the same time. Therefore, it is urgent that the
congregation keep silent so that each participant can examine their
own heart. The addition of forced music during communion is an
affront to the spiritual worshipper and to their God.
9 He maketh atonement for (sins
of) ignorance by fasting and afflicting his soul,
10 And the Lord counteth
guiltless every pious man and his house.
11 The sinner stumbleth and
curseth his life,
........ The day when he was begotten, and his
mother's travail.
12 He addeth sins to sins,
while he liveth (?);
13 He falleth -verily grievous
is his fall- and riseth
no more.
........ The destruction of the sinner is for
ever,
14 And he shall not be
remembered, when the righteous is visited.
15 This is the portion of
sinners for ever.
16 But they that fear the Lord
shall rise to life
eternal,
........ And their life (shall be) in the light
of the Lord,
........ and shall come to an end no more.
IV. A Conversation of
Solomon with the Men-pleasers.
1 Wherefore sittest thou, O
profane (man), in the council of the pious,
........ Seeing that thy heart is far removed
from the Lord,
........ Provoking with transgressions the God of
Israel?
2 Extravagant in speech, extravagant in outward seeming beyond all (men),
........ Is he that is severe of speech in
condemning sinners in judgement.
3 And his hand is first upon him as (though he acted) in zeal,
........ And (yet) he is himself guilty in
respect of manifold sins and of wantonness.
4 His eyes are upon every woman without
distinction;
........ His tongue lieth when he maketh contract
with an oath.
5 By night and in secret he
sinneth as though unseen,
........ With his eyes he talketh
to every woman of evil
compacts.
6 He is swift to enter every
house with cheerfulness as though guileless.
7 Let God remove those that
live in hypocrisy in the company of the pious,
........ (Even) the life of such an one with
corruption of his flesh and penury.
8 Let God reveal the deeds of
the men-pleasers,
........ The deeds of such an one with
laughter and derision;
9 That the pious may count
righteous the judgement of their God,
........ When sinners are removed from before the
righteous,
........ (Even the) man- pleaser who uttereth law guilefully.
11 And their eyes (are fixed)
upon any man's house
that is (still) secure,
........ That they may, like (the) Serpent, destroy the wisdom of...
........ with words of transgressors,
12 His words are
deceitful that (he) may accomplish (his) wicked desire.
13 He never ceaseth from
scattering
(families) as though
(they were) orphans,
........ Yea, he layeth waste a house on account of (his) lawless desire.
14 He deceiveth with words,
(saying,) There is none that seeth, or judgeth.
15 He fills one (house) with lawlessness, And (then) his eyes
(are fixed) upon the next
house,
........ To destroy it with words that give wing to (desire).
........ (Yet) with all these his soul,
like
Sheol, is not
sated.
16 Let his portion, O Lord, be
dishonoured before thee;
........ Let him go forth groaning and come home
cursed.
17 Let his life be (spent) in
anguish, and penury, and want,
........ O Lord; Let his sleep be (beset) with
pains and his awaking with perplexities.
18 Let sleep be withdrawn from
his eyelids at night;
........ Let him fail dishonorably in every work
of his hands.
19 Let him come home
empty-handed to his house,
........ And his house be void of everything
wherewith he could sate his appetite.
20 (Let) his old age (be spent)
in childless loneliness until his removal (by death).
21 Let the flesh of the
men-pleasers be rent by wild beasts,
........ And (let) the bones of the lawless (lie)
dishonoured in the sight of the sun.
22 Let ravens peck out the eyes
of the hypocrites.
23 For they have laid waste many houses of
men,
........ in dishonour, And scattered (them) in
(their)
lust;
24 And they have not remembered
God,
........ Nor feared God in all these
things;
25 But they have provoked God's
anger and vexed Him.
........ May He remove them from off the
earth,
........ Because with deceit they beguiled the
souls of the flawess.
26 Blessed are they that fear
the Lord in their flawlessness;
27 The Lord shall deliver them
from guileful men and sinners,
........ And deliver us from every
stumbling-block of the lawless (men).
28 Let God destroy them that
insolently work all unrighteousness,
........ For a great and mighty judge is the Lord
our God in righteousness.
29 Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be
upon all them that love Thee.
V. The Psalms Of
Solomon
1 O Lord God, I will praise Thy
name with joy,
........ In the midst of them that know Thy
righteous judgements.
2 For Thou art good and
merciful, the refuge of the poor;
3 When I cry to Thee, do not silently disregard me.
4 For no man taketh spoil from
a mighty man;
5 Who, then, can take aught of
all that Thou hast made, except Thou Thyself givest?
6 For man and his portion (lie)
before Thee in the balance;
........ He cannot add to, so as to enlarge, what
has been prescribed by Thee. O God,
7 when we are in distress we
call upon Thee for help,
........ And Thou dost not turn back our
petition, for Thou art our God.
8 Cause not Thy hand to be heavy upon us,
........
Lest through necessity
we sin.
9 Even though Thou restore us
not,
........ we will not keep away; But unto Thee
will we come.
10 For if I hunger, unto Thee
will I cry, O God;
........ And Thou wilt give to me.
11 Birds and fish dost Thou
nourish,
........ In that Thou givest rain to the steppes
that green grass may spring up,
........ (So) to prepare fodder in the steppe
for every living thing;
12 And if they hunger, unto
Thee do they lift up their face.
13 Kings and rulers and peoples
Thou dost nourish, O God;
........ And who is the help of the poor and
needy, if not Thou, O Lord?
14 And Thou wilt hearken -for
who is good and gentle but Thou?-
........ Making glad the soul of the humble by
opening Thine hand in mercy.
15 Man's goodness is (bestowed)
grudgingly and ...,
........ And if he repeat (it) without murmuring,
even that is marvellous.
16 But Thy gift is great in
goodness and wealth,
........ And he whose hope is (set) on Thee shall
have no lack of gifts.
17 Upon the whole earth is Thy
mercy, O Lord, in goodness.
18 Happy is he whom God
remembereth in (granting to him) a due sufficiency;
19 If a man abound over
much, he sinneth.
20 Sufficient are moderate
means with righteousness,
........ And hereby the blessing of the Lord
(becomes) abundance with righteousness.
21 They that fear the Lord
rejoice in good (gifts),
........ And Thy goodness is upon Israel in Thy
kingdom.
........ Blessed is the glory of the Lord for He
is our king.
VI. In Hope. Psalms Of
Solomon.
1 Happy is the man whose heart
is fixed to call upon the name of the Lord;
2 When he remembereth the name
of the Lord, he will be saved.
3 His ways are made even by the
Lord,
........ And the works of his hands are preserved
by the Lord his God.
4 At what he sees in his bad
dreams,
........ his soul shall not be troubled;
5 When he passes through rivers
and the tossing of the seas,
........ he shall not be dismayed.
6 He ariseth from his sleep, and blesseth the name of the
Lord:
7 When his heart is at peace,
he singeth to the
name of his God,
........ And he entreateth the Lord for all his house.
8 And the Lord heareth the prayer of every one that feareth God,
........ And every request of the soul that hopes for Him doth the Lord
accomplish.
9 Blessed is the Lord, who
showeth mercy to those who love Him in sincerity.
VII. Psalms Of Solomon. Of
turning.
1 Make not Thy dwelling afar
from us, O God;
........ Lest they assail us that hate us without
cause.
2 For Thou hast rejected them,
O God;
........ Let not their foot trample upon Thy holy
inheritance.
3 Chasten us Thyself in Thy
good pleasure;
........ But give (us) not up to the
nations;
4 For, if Thou sendest
pestilence, Thou Thyself givest it charge concerning us;
........ For Thou art merciful, And wilt not be
angry to the point of consuming us.
5 While Thy name dwelleth in
our midst, we shall find mercy;
6 And the nations shall not
prevail against us. For Thou art our shield,
7 And when we call upon Thee,
Thou hearkenest to us;
8 For Thou wilt pity the seed
of Israel for ever And Thou wilt not reject (them):
........ But we (shall be) under Thy yoke for
ever, And (under) the rod of Thy chastening.
9 Thou wilt establish us in the
time that Thou helpest us,
........ Showing mercy to the house of Jacob on
the day wherein Thou didst promise (to help them).
VIII. Psalms Of Solomon. Of
the chief Musician.
1 Distress and the sound of war hath my ear heard;
........ The sound of a trumpet announcing slaughter and calamity,
(Note: Every Psalm
to the Chief Musician is a very negative Psalm as are all of the
Psalms upon the harp except perhaps 33)
See how the musical clergy "stood in the gap" to
defeat Jesus.
2 The sound of much people as of an exceeding high wind,
........ As a tempest with mighty fire sweeping
through the Negeb.
- They have overtaken me in a
narrow pass
(gap) without
escape
- And there is no rest for
me in my
trial.
- They sound my censure upon a
harp
- and their murmuring
and storming upon a zither." Ps.41:11DSS
3 And I said in my heart;
Surely God
judgeth us;
4 A sound I hear (moving) towards Jerusalem, the holy
city.
5 My loins were broken at what
I heard, my knees
tottered:
6 My heart was afraid, my bones were dismayed like flax.
7 I said: They establish their
ways in righteousness.
........ I thought upon the judgements of God
since the creation of heaven and earth;
........ I held God righteous in His judgements
which have been from of old.
8 God laid bare their sins in the full light of day;
........ All the earth came to know the righteous
judgements of God.
9 In secret places underground
their iniquities (were committed) to provoke (Him) to anger;
10 They wrought confusion, son with mother and father with
daughter;
11 They committed adultery,
every man with his neighbour's wife.
........ They concluded covenants with one another with an oath touching these
things;
12 They plundered the sanctuary of God,
........ as though there was no avenger.
13 They trode the altar of the Lord, (coming straight) from all manner of
uncleanness;
And with
menstrual blood they
defiled the sacrifices,
as (though these were) common flesh.
14 They left no sin undone,
wherein they surpassed not the heathen.
15 Therefore God mingled for
them a spirit of
wandering;
........ And gave them to drink a cup of undiluted wine, that they might become drunken.
Awake, awake, stand
up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of
his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and
wrung them out. Isaiah 51:17
16 He brought him that is from the end of the
earth, that smiteth
mightily;
Be stunned and
amazed, blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but
not from
wine, stagger, but not
from beer. Isaiah 29:9
The LORD has
brought over you a deep sleep: He has sealed
your eyes (the prophets); he has covered your heads
(the
seers). Isaiah 29:10
These prophets and prophetesses
were not foretellers or forthtellers. They made up their sermons and
songs out of their own head and then sold them with charismatic
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17 He decreed war against
Jerusalem, and against her land.
18 The princes of the land went
to meet him with joy:
........ they said unto him: Blessed be thy way!
Come ye, enter ye in with peace.
19 They made the rough ways
even, before his entering in;
........ They opened the gates to
Jerusalem, they
crowned its
walls.
20 As a father (entereth) the
house of his sons, (so) he entered (JerusaIem) in peace;
........ He established his feet (there) in great
safety.
21 He captured her fortresses
and the wall of Jerusalem;
22 For God Himself led him in
safety, while they wandered.
23 He destroyed their princes and every one wise in counsel;
........ He poured out the blood of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem,
........ like the water of uncleanness.
24 He led away their sons and daughters,
........ whom they had begotten in
defilement.
25 They did according to their
uncleanness,
........ even as their fathers (had done):
26 They defiled Jerusalem and the things that had been hallowed to
the name of God.
27 (But) God hath shown Himself
righteous in His judgements upon the nations of the earth;
28 And the pious (servants) of
God are like innocent lambs in their midst.
29 Worthy to be praised is the
Lord that judgeth the whole earth in His righteousness.
30 Behold, now, O God, Thou
hast shown us Thy judgement in Thy righteousness;
31 Our eyes have seen Thy
judgements, O God. We have justified Thy name that is honoured for
ever;
32 For Thou art the God of
righteousness, judging Israel with chastening.
33 Turn, O God, Thy mercy upon
us, and have pity upon us;
34 Gather together the
dispersed of Israel, with mercy and goodness;
35 For Thy faithfulness is with
us. And (though) we have stiffened our neck, yet Thou art our
chastener;
36 Overlook us not, O our God,
lest the nations swallow us up, as though there were none to
deliver.
37 But Thou art our God from
the beginning, And upon Thee is our hope (set), O Lord;
38 And we will not depart from
Thee, For good are Thy judgements upon us.
39 Ours and our children's be
Thy good pleasure for ever O Lord our Saviour,
........ we shall never more be moved.
40 The Lord is worthy to be
praised for His judgements with the mouth of His pious ones;
........ And blessed be Israel of the Lord for
ever
IX. Psalms Of Solomon. For
rebuke.
1 When Israel was led away
captive into a strange land,
........ When they fell away from the Lord who redeemed them,
2 They were cast away from the
inheritance, which Lord
had given them.
........ Among every nation (were) the dispersed
of Israel according to
the word of God,
3 That Thou mightest be
justified, O God, in Thy righteousness by reason of our
transgressions:
4 For Thou art a just judge
over all the peoples of the earth.
5 For from Thy knowledge none
that doeth unjustly is hidden,
6 And the righteous deeds of
Thy pious ones (are) before Thee, O Lord,
........ Where, then, can a man hide himself from
Thy knowledge, O God?
7 Our works are subject to our
own choice and power To do right or wrong in the works of our
hands
8 And in Thy righteousness Thou
visitest the sons of men.
9 He that doeth righteousness
layeth up life for himself with the Lord;
........ And he that doeth wrongly forfeits his
life to destruction;
10 For the judgements of the
Lord are (given) in righteousness to (every) man and (his)
house.
11 Unto whom art Thou good, O
God, except to them that call upon the Lord?
12 He cleanseth from sins a
soul when it maketh confession, when it maketh
acknowledgement;
13 For shame is upon us and
upon our faces on account of all these things.
14 And to whom doth He forgive
sins, except to them that have sinned?
15 Thou blessest the righteous,
and dost not reprove them for the sins that they have committed;
........ And Thy goodness is upon them that sin,
when they repent.
16 And, now, Thou art our God,
and we the people whom Thou hast loved:
........ Behold and show pity, O God of Israel,
for we are Thine;
........ And remove not Thy mercy from us, lest
they assail us.
17 For Thou didst choose the
seed of Abraham before all the nations,
........ And didst set Thy name upon us, O
Lord,
18 And Thou wilt not reject
(us) for ever.
........ Thou madest a covenant with our fathers
concerning us;
19 And we hope in Thee, when
our soul turneth (unto Thee).
........ The mercy of the Lord be upon the house
of Israel for ever and ever.
X. A Hymn Of
Solomon.
1 Happy is the man whom the
Lord remembereth with
reproving,
........ And whom He restraineth from the way of
evil with strokes,
........ That he may be cleansed from sin, that
it may not be multiplied.
2 He that maketh ready his
back for strokes shall be cleansed,
........
For the Lord is good to
them that endure chastening.
3 For He maketh straight the ways of the righteous,
........ And doth not pervert (them) by His
chastening.
4 And the mercy of the Lord
(is) upon them that love
Him in truth,
........ And the Lord remembereth His servants in
mercy.
5 For the testimony (is) in the
law of the eternal
covenant,
........ The testimony of the Lord (is) on the
ways of men in (His) visitation.
6 Just and kind is our Lord in
His judgements for ever,
........ And Israel shall praise the name of the
Lord in gladness.
7 And the pious shall give
thanks in the assembly of the people;
........ And on the poor shall God have mercy in
the gladness of Israel;
8 For good and merciful is God
for ever,
........ And the assemblies of Israel shall
glorify the name of the Lord.
........ The salvation of the Lord be upon the
house of Israel unto everlasting gladness!
XI. Of Solomon. Unto
expectation.
1 Blow ye in Zion on the trumpet
to summon (the)
saints,
2 Cause ye to be heard in Jerusalem the voice of him that bringeth good tidings;
........ For God hath had pity on Israel in
visiting them.
3 Stand on the height, O
Jerusalem, and behold thy children,
........ From the East and the West,
gathered
together by the
Lord;
4 From the North they come in
the gladness of their God,
From the isles afar off God hath gathered them.
5 High mountains hath He
abased into a
plain for them;
6 The hills fled at their
entrance.
........ The woods gave them shelter as they
passed by;
7 Every sweet-smelling tree God
caused to spring up for them,
........ That Israel might pass by in the
visitation of the glory of their God.
8 Put on, O Jerusalem, thy
glorious garments; Make ready thy holy robe;
........ For God hath spoken good concerning
Israel, for ever and ever.
9 Let the Lord do what He hath
spoken concerning Israel and Jerusalem;
........ Let the Lord raise up Israel by His
glorious name.
........ The mercy of the Lord be upon Israel for
ever and ever.
XII. Of Solomon. Against the
tongue of transgressors.
1 O Lord, deliver my soul from
(the) lawless and wicked man,
........ From the tongue that is lawless and
slanderous, and speaketh lies and deceit.
2 Manifoldly twisted are the words of the tongue of the wicked man,
........ Even as among a people a fire that
burneth up their beauty.
3 So he delights to
fill houses with a lying
tongue,
........ To cut down the trees of gladness which setteth on fire
transgressors,
4 To involve households in warfare by means of slanderous lips.
........ May God remove far from the innocent the
lips of transgressors
........ ........
by (bringing them to)
want
........ And may the bones of slanderers be scattered
........ (far) away from them that fear the
Lord!
5 In flaming fire perish the slanderous tongue (far) away from the pious!
6 May the Lord preserve the
quiet
soul that hateth the
unrighteous;
........ And may the Lord establish the man that
followeth peace at home.
7 The salvation of the Lord be
upon Israel His servant for ever;
........ And let the sinners perish together at
the presence of the Lord;
........ But let the Lord's pious ones inherit
the promises of the Lord.
XIII. Psalms Of Solomon. The
Psalms. Comfort for the righteous.
1 The right hand of the Lord hath covered me;
........ The right hand of the Lord hath spared
us.
2 The arm of the Lord hath saved us from the sword that passed
through,
........ From famine and the death of
sinners.
And he saw that
there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor:
therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness,
it sustained him. Isaiah 59:16
3 Noisome beasts ran upon them: With their teeth they tore their
flesh,
........ And with their molars crushed their
bones.
........ But from all these things the Lord
delivered us,
4 The righteous was troubled on
account of his errors,
........ Lest he should be taken away along with
the sinners;
5 For terrible is the overthrow
of the sinner;
........ But not one of all these things toucheth
the righteous.
........ For not alike are the chastening of the
righteous (for sins done) in ignorance,
........ And the overthrow of the sinners
7 Secretly is the righteous chastened,
........ Lest the sinner rejoice over the
righteous.
8 For He correcteth the
righteous as a beloved son,
........ And his chastisement is as that of a
firstborn.
9 For the Lord spareth His
pious ones, And blotteth out their errors by His chastening.
........ For the life of the righteous shall be
for ever;
10 But sinners shall be taken
away into destruction,
........ And their memorial shall be found no
more.
11 But upon the pious is the
mercy of the Lord,
........ And upon them that fear Him His
mercy.
XIV. A Hymn. Of
Solomon.
1 Faithful is the Lord to them
that love Him in
truth,
........ To them that endure His chastening,
........ To them that walk in the righteousness
of His
commandments,
........ In the law which He commanded us that we
might live.
2 The pious of the Lord shall
live by
it for ever;
........ The Paradise of the Lord, the trees of life, are His
pious ones.
The message of
Genesis is that Lucifer was represented by real people trying to
destroy the people of God. Ezekiel has God saying that the Assyrians
were the "trees" in Eden who exalted themselves:
Behold, the
Assyrian
was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing
shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick
boughs. Ezekiel 31:3
The cedars in the
garden of
God could not hide him:
the fir
trees were not like his
boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any
tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. Ezekiel
31:8
I have made him fair by the
multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were
in the garden of God, envied him. Ezekiel 31:9
Therefore thus
saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height,
and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is
lifted up in his height; Ezekiel 31:10
3 Their planting is rooted for ever; They shall not be plucked up all
the days of heaven:
........ For the portion and the inheritance of
God is Israel.
4 But not so are the sinners
and transgressors,
........ Who love (the brief) day (spent) in
companionship with their sin;
........ Their delight
is in fleeting
corruption,
Or as Amos would
say:
You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments. Amos 6:5NIV
"who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have
regarded them as abiding, not as fleeting pleasure." Amos 6:5 LXX
Justin's Dialog
with Trypho the Jew translates this passage&emdash;
"Who applaud at the sound of the musical instruments; they reckon them as stable,
and not as fleeting. Who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with
the chief ointments,
but they are
not grieved for the
affliction of Joseph.
5 And they remember not God.
For the ways of men are known before Him at all times,
........ And He knoweth the secrets of the heart
before they come to pass.
Woe unto them that
rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that
continue until night, till wine (from wineskins) inflame them Isaiah
5:11
And the
harp, and the viol,
the tabret,
and pipe, and wine,
are in their feasts: but
they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. Isaiah 5:12
Therefore my people are gone
into captivity, because
they have no knowledge:
and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up
with thirst. Isaiah 5:13
Therefore hell hath enlarged
herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their
glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,
and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. Isaiah 5:14
And the mean man (different
kind of blushing Adam species?) shall be brought down, and the mighty
man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Isaiah 5:15
6 Therefore their
inheritance is
Sheol and darkness and
destruction,
........ And they shall not be found in the day
when the righteous obtain mercy;
Of the
king of
Babylon as an
agent of
Lucifer, Isaiah
said:
All your pomp has been brought down to the grave (sheol), along
with the noise
of your harps
(viols); maggots are
spread out beneath you and worms cover you. Isaiah 14:11
And the fruits that
thy soul lusted
after are departed from
thee, and all things which were dainty
and goodly
are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
Psalm 18:14
And the voice of
harpers, and musicians, and of pipers,
and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no
craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in
thee; and the sound of a millstone (Grinders in Hebrew is equivalent
to prostitute) shall be heard no more at all in thee; Psalm 18:22
Civil Rome did not kill any
prophets as far as we know. Rather, it was the in-power religious
institution blended with commercialism which hated and destroyed the
Word
Seekers:
And in her was
found the blood of
prophets, and of
saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. Revelation 18:24
7 But the pious of the Lord
shall inherit life in gladness.
Rejoice over her,
thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged
you on her. Revelation 18:20
XV. The
Psalms Of Solomon. With a Song.
1 When I was in distress I called upon the name of the
Lord,
........ I hoped for the help of the God of Jacob
and was saved;
2 For the hope and refuge of
the poor art Thou, O God.
3 For who, O God, is strong
except to give thanks unto Thee in truth?
4 And wherein is a man powerful
except in giving thanks to Thy name?
5 A new psalm with song in gladness of heart,
........ The fruit of the lips with the
........ well-tuned instrument of the tongue,
........ The firstfruits of the lips
from a pious and righteous heart
The spiritual
"trumpet player" Approved:
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the
house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. Eze 33:7
When I
say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou
shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak
to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his
iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Eze 33:8
Therefore, O thou
son of man, speak
unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying,
If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? Eze 33:10
Peter repeated this
warning:
- If any man speak,
- let him speak
as the oracles of God;
- if any man minister,
- let him do it as of the
ability which God giveth:
- that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
- to whom be
praise and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:11
Let us go forth therefore unto
him without the camp, bearing his reproach. Hebrews 13:13
For here have we no
continuing city, but we seek one to come. Hebrews 13:14
By him therefore let us offer
the sacrifice of
praise to God
continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his
name. Hebrews 13:15
But to do good and
to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well
pleased. Hebrews 13:16
In the Odes of Solomon, as well as in the Dead Sea Scrolls, musical
instruments are figurative of the instruments of speech which God has
given:
As the hand moves over the harp, and the
strings speak, so speaks in my members the Spirit of the Lord, and I
speak by His love. For it destroys what is foreign, and everything
that is bitter." Ode 6:1-3
For thus it was from the
beginning and will be to the end, that nothing should be His
adversary, and nothing should stand up against Him." Ode 6:4
The Lord has multiplied the
knowledge of Himself, and is zealous that these things should be known, which by His grace
have been given to us. And the praise of His name He gave us:
our
spirits praise
His holy
Spirit." Ode
6:5-6
- Teach me the Psalms of thy
truth,
- that I may bring forth
fruit in thee: And
- open to me the harp of thy
Holy Spirit,
- that with all its notes
I may praise thee, O Lord." Ode 14:7-8
-
- In the Dead Sea Scrolls 18
-
- I will groan with the zither of lamentation
- in all grief-stricken
mourning and bitter complaint
- until iniquity and
wickedness are consumed
- and the disease-bringing scourge is no more.
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he
lieth he shall rise up
no more. Ps.41:8
- Then will I play on the
zither of
deliverance
- and harp of joy,
- on the tabors of prayer and the pipe of praise
- without end.
The Community Rule (1QS)
reads in part much like Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3:
- And at the beginning of
their weeks
- for the season of Jubilee.
- All my life the
engraved
Precept shall be on
my tongue
- as the fruit of praise
- and the portion of my lips.
-
- I will sing with
knowledge and all my music
- shall be for the glory of
God.
- (My) lyre (and) my harp shall sound
- for His holy
order
- and I will
tune the pipe of
my lips
- to His right measure.
Because Christ suffered
without the camp, we have to go there to find Him. Therefore, Paul
demanded:
By him therefore
let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name.
Heb.13:15
I
create the
fruit of the
lips; Peace, peace to
him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I
will heal him. Isa 57:19
6 He that offereth these things
shall never be shaken by
evil;
........ The flame of fire and the wrath
against the unrighteous shall not touch him,
"I am a priest of
the Lord, and to Him I do priestly service: and to Him I
offer the sacrifice of
His thought. For His
thought is not like the thought of the world nor the thought of the
flesh, nor like them that serve carnally. The sacrifice of the Lord
is righteousness, and the purity of heart and lips." Ode 20:1-3
He must hold firmly to the
trustworthy message as
it has been taught, so
that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who
oppose it. - Titus 1:9
7 When it goeth forth from the face of the Lord against
sinners,
........ To destroy all the substance of
sinners,
8 For the mark of God is upon the righteous that they may be saved
........ Famine and sword and pestilence (shall
be) far from the righteous,
9 For they shall flee away from
the pious as men pursued in war;
........ But they shall pursue sinners and
overtake (them),
........ And they that do lawlessness shall not
escape the judgement of God;
........ As by enemies experienced (in war) shall
they be overtaken,
10 For the mark of destruction is upon their forehead.
11 And the inheritance of
sinners is destruction and darkness,
........ And their iniquities shall
pursue them unto Sheol
beneath.
'Your
pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you, And
worms are your covering.' Isaiah 14:11NAS
12 Their inheritance shall not
be found of their children,
13 For sins shall lay waste the
houses of
sinners.
........ And sinners shall perish for ever in the
day of the Lord's judgement,
14 When God visiteth the earth
with His judgement.
15 But they that fear the Lord
shall find mercy therein,
........ And shall live by the compassion of
their God;
........ But sinners shall perish for
ever.
XVI. A Hymn. Of Solomon. For
Help to the Pious.
1 When my soul slumbered (being
afar) from the Lord,
........ I had all but slipped down to the pit, When (I was) far from God,
2 my soul had been well nigh
poured out unto
death,
........ (I had been) nigh unto the
gates of
Sheol with the
sinner,
3 when my soul departed from
the Lord God of Israel--
........ Had not the Lord helped me with His ever
lasting mercy.
4 He pricked me, as a horse is pricked, that I might serve Him,
........ My saviour and helper at all times saved
me.
5 I will give thanks unto Thee,
O God, for Thou hast helped me to (my) salvation;
........ And hast not counted me with sinners to
(my) destruction.
6 Remove not Thy mercy from me,
O God,
........ Nor Thy memorial from my heart until I die.
7 Rule me, O God, (keeping me
back) from wicked sin,
........ And from every wicked woman that causeth the simple to stumble.
8 And let not the
beauty of a lawless
woman beguile me,
........ Nor any one that is subject to
unprofitable sin.
9 Establish the works of my
hands before Thee,
........ And preserve my goings in the
remembrance of Thee.
10 Protect my tongue and my lips with words of truth;
........ Anger and unreasoning wrath put far from
me.
11 Murmuring, and impatience in
affliction, remove far from me,
........ When, if I sin, Thou chastenest me that I may return (unto Thee).
12 But with goodwill and
cheerfulness support my soul;
........ When Thou strengthenest my soul, what is
given (to me) will be sufficient for me.
13 For if Thou givest not
strength,
........ Who can endure chastisement with
poverty?
14 When a man is rebuked by
means of his corruption,
........ Thy testing (of him) is in his flesh and
in the affliction of poverty.
15 If the righteous endureth in
all these (trials),
........ he shall receive mercy from the
Lord.
XVII. The Psalms Of Solomon.
With Song. Of the King.
1 O Lord, Thou art our King for
ever and ever,
........ For in Thee, O God, doth our soul
glory.
2 How long are the days of
man's life upon the earth?
........ As are his days, so is the hope (set)
upon him.
3 But we hope in God, our
deliverer;
........ or the might of our God is for ever with
mercy,
4 And the kingdom of our God is
for ever over the nations in judgement.
5 Thou, O Lord, didst choose
David (to be) king over Israel,
........ And swarest to him touching his
seed that never should his kingdom fail
before Thee.
6 But,
for our sins, sinners
rose up against us;
........ They assailed us and thrust us out; What
Thou hadst not promised to them,
........ they took away (from us) with violence.
7 They in no wise glorified Thy
honourable name;
........ They set a (worldly) monarchy in
place of (that which
was) their excellency;
8 They laid waste the throne of David in
tumultuous arrogance.
........ But Thou, O God, didst cast them down
and remove their seed from the earth,
Thou hast seen all
their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. Lamentations
3:60
Thou hast heard
their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;
Lamentations 3:61
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their
device against me all the day. Lamentations
3:62
Behold their
sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick. Lamentations 3:63
Device is the
Hebrew:
Higgagown (h1902) hig-gaw-yone'; intens. from
1897; a murmuring sound, i. e. a musical notation (prob. similar to
the modern affettuoso to indicate solemnity of movement); by impl. a
machination: - device, Higgaion, meditation, solemn sound.
Music is:
Mangiynah (h4485) man-ghee-naw'; from 5059; a
satire: - music.
Nagan
(h5059) naw-gan'; a prim. root; prop. to thrum, i. e. beat a tune
with the fingers; espec. to play on a stringed instrument; hence
(gen.) to make music: - player on instruments, sing to the stringed
instruments, melody, ministrel, play (-er, -ing..
This was an attempt to triumph
over Jesus. Psalm 41 is a specific prophecy of Judas whose "Judas
Bag" was for carring the mouthpieces of wind instruments.
O my God, I trust
in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Psalm 25:2
By this I know that thou
favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. Psalm
41:11
Triumph over is the
Hebrew:
Ruwa
(h7321) roo-ah'; a prim. root; to mar (espec. by breaking); fig. to
split the ears (with sound), i. e. shout (for alarm or joy): - blow
an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise,
smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
Sitting Down and Rising up
to Make Music
And they rose up
early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace
offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Exodus 32:6
This is why when God ordained
the silver trumpets they were to signal movements or to panic or
triumph over the enemy. However, when the congregation was called
into assembly this musical triumphing over God's message was
forbidden:
But when the
congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall
not sound an alarm Numbers 10:7
9 In that there rose up against
them a man that was alien to our race.
10 According to their sins
didst Thou recompense them, O God;
........ So that it befell them according to
their deeds.
11 God showed them no pity;
........ He sought out their seed and let
not one of them go
free.
Render unto them a
recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
Lamentations 3:64
Give them sorrow of
heart, thy curse unto them. Lamentations 3:65
Persecute and
destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:66
12 Faithful is the Lord in all
His judgements Which He doeth upon the earth.
13 The lawless one laid waste
our land so that none inhabited it,
........ They destroyed young and old and their
children together.
14 In the heat of His anger He
sent them away even unto the west,
........ And (He exposed) the rulers of the land
unsparingly to derision.
15 Being an alien the enemy
acted proudly,
........ And his heart was alien from our
God.
16 And all things whatsoever he
did in
Jerusalem,
........ As also the nations in the
cities to their
gods.
17 And the children of the covenant in the midst of the mingled peoples
surpassed them in
evil.
........ There was not among them one that wrought
........ in the midst of Jerusalem mercy and truth.
But they hearkened
not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the
nations whom the Lord destroyed before the
children of Israel 2 Kings 21:9
18 They that loved
the synagogues of the pious fled from them,
........ As sparrows that fly from their
nest.
19 They wandered in deserts that their lives might be saved from
harm,
........ And precious in the eyes of them that
lived abroad
........ was any that escaped alive from
them.
20 Over the whole earth were
they scattered by lawless (men).
21 For the heavens
withheld the
rain from dropping upon
the earth,
Springs were
stopped (that sprang) perennial(ly) out of the deeps, (that ran down)
from lofty mountains.
For there was none among them
that wrought righteousness and justice; From the chief of them to the
least (of them) all were sinful;
22 The king was a transgressor, and the judge disobedient, and the
people sinful.
23 Behold, O Lord, and raise up
unto them their king, the son of
David,
........ At the time in the which Thou seest, O
God,
........ that he may reign over Israel Thy
servant
24 And gird him with
strength,
........ that he may shatter unrighteous
rulers,
25 And that he may
purge Jerusalem from nations
........ that trample
(her) down to destruction.
I have
trodden the winepress
alone; and of the
people there was none
with me: for I will
tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their
blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my
raiment. Isaiah 63:3
For the day of
vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. Isaiah 63:4
And I looked, and
there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold:
therefore mine own
arm brought salvation
unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. Isaiah 63:5
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from
evil maketh himself a
prey. And the Lord saw
it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. Isa 59:15
And he
saw that there was no
man, and wondered that
there was no
intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained
him. Isa 59:16
For he put on
righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his
head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was
clad with zeal as a cloak. Isa 59:17
26 Wisely, righteously he shall
thrust out sinners from (the) inheritance,
........ He shall destroy the pride of the sinner
as a potter's
vessel.
........ With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance,
HOW is the gold
become dim how is the most fine gold changed!the stones of the
sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. Lamentations 4:1
The precious sons
of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen
pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter
Lamentations 4:2
27 He shall destroy the godless
nations with the word of
his mouth;
........ At his rebuke nations shall flee before
him,
........ And he shall reprove sinners for the
thoughts of their heart.
I will mention the
lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according
to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness
toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according
to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his
lovingkindnesses. Isaiah 63:7
and like the flow
of waters flows truth from my mouth, and my lips show forth His
fruit. Ode 12:2
And He has caused His knowledge
to abound in me, because the mouth of the Lord is the true Word, and
the door of His light; Ode 12:3
and the Most High
hath given it to His words, which are the interpreters of His own
beauty, and the repeaters of His praise, and confessors of His
counsel, and the heralds of his thoughts, and the chasteners of His
servants." Ode 12: 4
28 And he shall gather together a holy
people,
........ whom he shall lead in righteousness,
........ And he shall judge the tribes of the
people
........ that has been sanctified by the Lord his
God.
For he said, Surely
they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their
Saviour. Isaiah 63:8
In all their
affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity
he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the
days of old. Isaiah 63:9
29 And he shall not suffer
unrighteousness to
lodge any more in their midst,
........ Nor shall there dwell with them any man
that knoweth wickedness,
But they rebelled,
and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy,
and he fought against them. Isaiah 63:10
30 For he shall know them, that
they are all sons of their God.
........ And he shaIl divide them according to
their tribes upon the land,
31 And neither sojourner nor
alien shall sojourn with them any more.
........ He shall judge peoples and nations in
the wisdom of his righteousness. Selah.
32 And he shall have the
heathen nations to serve him under his yoke;
........ And he shall glorify the Lord in a place
to be seen of all the earth;
33 And he shall purge
Jerusalem, making it holy as of old:
34 So that nations shall come
from the ends of the earth to see his glory,
........ Bringing as gifts her sons who had
fainted,
35 And to see the glory of the
Lord, wherewith God hath glorified her.
........ And he (shall be) a righteous king,
taught of
God, over them,
Son of man,
prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the
shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves should not the shepherds
feed the flocks? Ezekiel 34:2
For thus saith the
Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them
out. Ezekiel 34:11
As a shepherd
seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are
scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of
all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Ezekiel 34:12
For the Son of man is come to
seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19:10
36 And there shall be no
unrighteousness in his days in their midst,
........ For all shall be holy and their king the
anointed of the Lord.
37 For he shall not put his
trust in horse and rider and bow,
........ Nor shall he multiply for himself gold
and silver for war,
........ Nor shall he gather confidence from ... a multitude ... for
the day of battle.
Then take silver
and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the
son of Josedech, the high priest; Zech 6:11
38 The Lord Himself is his king, the hope of him that is
mighty through (his) hope in God.
........ All nations (shall be) in fear before
him,
And speak unto him,
saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose
name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he
shall build the temple of the Lord: Zechariah 6:12
Even he shall build
the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit
and rule (as king) upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be
between them
both. Zechariah
6:13
39 For he will smite the earth with the word of his mouth for ever.
But with
righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for
the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of
his mouth, and with the breath (spirit)
of his lips shall he slay the wicked. Isaiah 11:4
40 He will bless the people of
the Lord with wisdom
and gladness,
41 And he himself (will be)
pure from sin, so that he may rule a great people.
........ He will rebuke rulers, and remove
sinners by the might of his word;
42 And (relying) upon his God,
throughout his days he will not stumble;
........ For God will make him mighty by means of (His) holy spirit,
........ And wise by
means of the spirit of
understanding, with
strength and righteousness.
AND there shall
come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow
out of his roots: Isaiah 11:1
And the
spirit
of the Lord shall rest
upon him, the spirit of
wisdom and understanding, the spirit of
counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the
fear of the Lord; Isaiah 11:2
And shall make him
of quick
understanding in the
fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,
neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: Isaiah 11:3
43 And the blessing of the Lord
(will be) with him:
........ he will be strong and stumble not;
44 His hope (will be) in the
Lord: who then can prevail against him?
........ (He will be) mighty in his works, and
strong in the fear of God,
45 (He will be) shepherding the
flock of the Lord faithfully and righteously,
........ And will suffer none among them to
stumble in their pasture.
46 He will lead them all
aright,
........ And there will be no pride among them that any among them should be
oppressed.
47 This (will be) the majesty
of the king of Israel whom God knoweth;
........ He will raise him up over the house of
Israel to correct him.
48 His words (shall be) more refined than costly gold, the
choicest;
........ In the assemblies he will judge the
peoples, the tribes of the sanctified.
49 His words (shall be) like the words of the holy ones in the
midst of sanctified peoples.
50 Blessed be they that shall
be in those days,
........ In that they shall see the good fortune
of Israel
........ which God shall bring to pass in the
gathering together of the tribes.
51 May the Lord hasten His
mercy upon Israel!
........ May He deliver us from the uncleanness
of unholy enemies!
........ The Lord Himself is our king for ever and ever.
XVIII. The Psalms Of
Solomon. Again of the Anointed of the Lord.
1. Lord, Thy mercy is over the
works of Thy hands for ever;
........ Thy goodness is over Israel with a rich
gift.
2. Thine eyes look upon them,
so that none of them suffers want;
3. Thine ears listen to the
hopeful prayer of the
poor.
........ Thy judgements (are executed) upon the
whole earth in mercy;
4. And Thy love (is)
toward the seed of
Abraham, the children
of Israel.
........ Thy chastisement is upon us as (upon) a
first-born, only-begotten son,
For verily he took
not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of
Abraham. Hebrews 2:16
Know ye therefore
that they which are of
faith, the same are the
children of Abraham. Galatians 3:7
Now to Abraham and
his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of
many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians
3:16
For ye are all the children of
God by
faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26
For as many of you
as have been baptized
into Christ have put on
Christ. Galatians 3:27
5. To turn back the obedient soul from folly (that is wrought) in
ignorance.
6. May God cleanse Israel against the day of mercy and
blessing,
........ Against the day of choice when He
bringeth back His
anointed.
7. Blessed shall they be that
shall be in those days,
........ In that they shall see the goodness of
the Lord
........ which He shall perform for the
generation that is to come,
8. Under the rod of chastening
of the Lord's anointed in the fear of his God,
........ In the spirit
of wisdom and righteousness and
strength;
9. That he may direct (every}
man in the works of righteousness by the fear of God,
........ That he may establish them all before
the Lord,
And shall make him
of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not
judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing
of his ears: Isaiah 11:3
10. A good generation (living)
in the fear of God in the days of mercy. Selah.
11. Great is our God and
glorious, dwelling in the highest.
12. (It is He) who hath
established in (their) courses the lights (of heaven)
........ for determining seasons from year to
year,
........ And they have not turned aside from the way which He appointed
them
13. In the fear of God (they
pursue) their path every day,
........ From the day God created them and for
evermore.
14. And they have erred not
since the day He created them.
........ Since the generations of old they have
not withdrawn from their path,
........ Unless God commanded them (so to do) by
the command of His servants.
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