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A Psalm of David on the occasion of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God, Bring to the Lord young rams; Bring to the Lord glory and honor.
Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυὶδ ἐξοδίου σκηνῆς. Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ, ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κρίῳ υἱοὺς κριῶν· ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν,
The Prophet speaks, "Bring unto the Lord, O you Sons of God, bring unto the Lord the young of rams". Bring unto the Lord yourselves, whom the Apostles, the leaders of the flocks, have begotten by the Gospel. [1 Corinthians 4:15]
Bring to the Lord glory, due to his name; Worship the Lord in his holy court.
ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ· προσκυνήσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν αὐλῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ.
"Bring unto the Lord glory and honour". By your works let the Lord be glorified and honoured. "Bring unto the Lord glory to His name." Let Him be made known gloriously throughout the world. "Worship the Lord in His holy court." Worship the Lord in your heart enlarged and sanctified. For you are His regal holy…
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: The God of glory has thundered: The Lord is upon many waters.
Φωνὴ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὁ Θεὸς τῆς δόξης ἐβρόντησε, Κύριος ἐπὶ ὑδάτων πολλῶν.
"The Voice of the Lord is upon the waters". The Voice of Christ is upon the peoples. "The God of majesty has thundered." The God of majesty, from the cloud of the flesh, has awfully preached repentance. "The Lord is upon many waters." The Lord Jesus Himself, after that He sent forth His Voice upon the peoples, and…
The voice of the Lord is mighty; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
Φωνὴ Κυρίου ἐν ἰσχύϊ, φωνὴ Κυρίου ἐν μεγαλοπρεπείᾳ.
"The Voice of the Lord is in power". The Voice of the Lord now in them themselves, making them powerful. "The Voice of the Lord is in great might." The Voice of the Lord working great things in them.
There is the voice of the Lord who breaks the cedars; The Lord will break the cedars of Lebanon.
Φωνὴ Κυρίου συντρίβοντος κέδρους, συντρίψει Κύριος τὰς κέδρους τοῦ Λιβάνου,
"The Voice of the Lord breaking the cedars". The Voice of the Lord humbling the proud in brokenness of heart. "The Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus." The Lord by repentance shall break them that are lifted on high by the splendour of earthly nobility, when to confound them He shall have "chosen the base things…
And he will beat them small, even Lebanon itself, like a calf; And the beloved one is as a young unicorn.
Καὶ λεπτυνεῖ αὐτὰς ὡς τὸν μόσχον τὸν Λίβανον, καὶ ὁ ἠγαπημένος ὡς υἱὸς μονοκερώτων.
"And shall bruise them as the calf of Libanus". And when their proud exaltation has been cut off, He will lay them low after the imitation of His Own humility, who like a calf was led to slaughter [Isaiah 53:7] by the nobility of this world. "For the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers agreed together against…
There is a voice of the Lord who divides a flame of fire.
Φωνὴ Κυρίου διακόπτοντος φλόγα πυρός.
"The Voice of the Lord cutting short the flame of fire". The Voice of the Lord, without any harm to Himself, passing through all the excited ardour of them that persecute Him, or dividing the furious rage of His persecutors, so that some should say, "Is not this haply the very Christ;" others, "Nay; but He deceives…
A voice of the Lord who shakes the wilderness; The Lord will shake the wilderness of Kadesh.
Φωνὴ Κυρίου συσσείοντος ἔρημον, συνσσείσει Κύριος τὴν ἔρημον Κάδης.
"The Voice of the Lord moving the wilderness". The Voice of the Lord moving to the faith the Gentiles once "without hope, and without God in the world;" [Ephesians 2:12] where no prophet, no preacher of God's word, as it were, no man had dwelt. "And the Lord will move the desert of Cades." And then the Lord will cause…
The voice of the Lord strengthens the hinds, And will uncover the thickets: And in his temple everyone speaks of his glory.
Φωνὴ Κυρίου καταρτιζομένου ἐλάφους, καὶ ἀποκαλύψει δρυμοὺς, καὶ ἐν τῷ ναῷ αὐτοῦ πᾶς τις λέγει δόξαν.
"The Lord inhabites the deluge". The Lord therefore first inhabites the deluge of this world in His Saints, kept safely in the Church, as in the ark. "And the Lord shall sit a King for ever." And afterward He will sit reigning in them for ever.
"The Voice of the Lord perfecting the stags". For the Voice of the Lord has first perfected them that overcame and repelled the envenomed tongues. "And will reveal the woods." And then will He reveal to them the darknesses of the Divine books, and the shadowy depths of the mysteries, where they feed with freedom. "And…
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