Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-12-27

THE LESSON TENT.
l. Bless the Lord. % my soul, and all
that is within me. bless HIS holy name.
:. Bless the Lord. q my soul. and forget
not all His benefits:
5 Who forglNeth all thine iniouities: who
healeth all thy diseases:
Who redeemeth thy life from GeStruc-
ton; who crowneth thee with lovinskind-
ness and tender mercies:
. Who satisneth thy mouth witt good
tntngs; so that thy youth is renewed like
the eagles
.. The Lord eXecuteth righteousness and
Judgment for all that are oppressed.
4 He made known His ways unto Moses
HIS acts unto the children OF ISRAEL
The Lord Is morciful and gracious,
slow TO anger and plentoous in mercy.
= He Will not always Chide: neither will
lie keep His anger forever.
10. He hath not dealt with Us after our
sins; nor rewarded Us according to our
| iniquities
II. For as the heaven is high above the
| earth, so great Is His mercy toward them
that fear Him.
II. As far "A the east IS from the west.
| so FAR hath lie removed our trunsgress ions
from US.
ID Like as father piticth his children.
| so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him
IL FOR He knoweth our frame; lie re-
| membereth that we are dust
| 10 As for man, his days are as grass, "A :
| a flower OF the field. so he noursheth
| Ii. For the wind passeth over It. and II
| is gone; and the place thereof shall know
II no more
| everlasting to everlasting upon them that
/ fear Him. and His righteousness unto
| childrcn's children:
Is. To such as keep His covenant. and TO
| those that remember His comma ndments
| to do them
| 10 The Lord hath prepared His throne
| In the heavens: and His kingdom ruleth
20 Bless the Lord. ye His angels. that
| excel in strength. that do His comma nd
| ments' hearkening unto the voice OF His
| word
p. Bless ye the Lord, all We His hosts:
We ministers OF His. that do His pleasure.
| % Bless the Lord. all His works in all
places OF His dominion: bless the Lord. O
| my soul.
NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS.
| Is. Perowne says: This beautiful
psalm is the outpouring of a full heart
in Thanksgiving to Jehovah for His
| grace and compassion, both as expert
enccd by the psalmist in his own life,
and also as manifested to his nation
in their history" As such. ii is espe-
cially appropriate in summing up the
Divine blessings given to Israel, even
through IsraeEs suflerings. blessings
mat speak or grace and mercy. OF God 5
| patience, and OF His deliverance from
the great evils that had been brought
upon the people by their sin. 20 my
soul" The Hebrew title assigns the
Psalm to David. and the Syriac assigns il
TO David in his old age. But the author
ships entirely uncertain, many linguis-
tic signs seeming to separate il from the
Davidic psalms. Whoever wrote it.,
probably some author after the return
from exile and in celebration OF the
mercy that had once more opened the
temple 10 the worshipcr, appealed to
his innermost being, his very soul, his
| whole nature, to bless God. Chief of
these blessings was the forgiveness of
all personal inquiry, thine iniquity,"
and then the healing Of "all thy dis
eases" both of body and soul, com
pletes the redemption for which the de-
vout Israelite gives thanks. From
the pit means from the dark under
world. hades, Tire grave. in which the
| dead were supposed TO dwell. Salts
fieth thy mouth with good things" is
made symbolical OF all bodily nourish-
ment by which the strength is sus-
tanned and the youthful elasticity, the
spring and buOyancy OF life ftly SYM
bolized by the eagle. is preserved even
beyond the years in which IL might
naturally be expected
6-12. The LORD eXecuteth ripht-
eousness," etc. The thought here seems
TO pass beyond individual benefits, and
all who are oppressed. as the ma
ton had been in exile. are made the
subjects OF Jehovah's Just deliverance.
Personal blessing is only part of the
| q
Righteousness and Judgment. literally.
righteousness and judgments. on
any occasions. have been experienced.
lie will not always chidc." for His an
ger IS not unrcasouing 10 he kept for
ever, but il Is just and lasts only so long
as the sinueris obstiuntcin his sin. Not"
(evcn) according 10 our sins" has God
punished us: every sinner rightly feels
that the pardon he receives is not de-
served; even If lac rcpcnts. his past sin
Fan be forgiven only by free grace.
1913. "As father" No comparison
IS more common either in the Old or
the New Testament lie "piticth" MS.
tor, as our Creator lGcn. 2:7j. God re-
members how lie Himself made us.
"our frame" literally, "our fashion
ng,' being Of dust. Such body is
like the grass and flowers Of Palcs-
tine. that withcr iu rD hour if struck
by some sudden hot wind from The
deserts. The wind passes over n green
field. and lit is gone" suddenly. and
the life of man is like this. In contrast.
the loving Kindness Of Jehovah is
from everlasting 10 everlasting. and
Ills righteousness" or promise-kec
ng truth. His mercy, 30 all who keep
His covenant"
1922. Such mercy is consistent with
the power OF God. For Ills throne"
s. established ia the heavens. so far
above all earthly power that 81 can
never be successfully assaiIcd. and II H.