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A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day.

            1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah,
            And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;
            2. To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,
            And thy faithfulness every night,
            3. With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery,
            With a solemn sound upon the harp.
            4. For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy
            work:
            I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
            5. How great are thy works, O Jehovah!
            Thy thoughts are very deep.
            6. A brutish man knoweth not;
            Neither doth a fool understand this:
            7. When the wicked spring as the grass,
            And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish;
            It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
            8. But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.
            9. For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah,
            For, lo, thine enemies shall perish;
            All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
            10. But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the
            wild-ox:
            I am anointed with fresh oil.
            11. Mine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies,
            Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that
            rise up against me.
            12. The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree:
            He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
            13. They are planted in the house of Jehovah;
            They shall flourish in the courts of our God.
            14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age;
            They shall be full of sap and green:
            15. To show that Jehovah is upright;
            He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

 

            1. It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah,
            And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;
            2. To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,
            And thy faithfulness every night,

1. See Psalm xviii. 1. R. 279.
See Psalm xviii. 1. E. 326.
The oneness of the Divine of the Lord with His Divine Human which is the "sabbath." P. P.
2-4. See Psalm xxxiii. 2, 3. R. 276.

            3. With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery,
            With a solemn sound upon the harp.
            4. For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy
            work:
            I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
            5. How great are thy works, O Jehovah!
            Thy thoughts are very deep.

On account of musical instruments and also dances signifying joy and gladness which result from affections, and also the affections of the mind themselves, which their several sounds produce, both in what is simple and in what is complex, therefore David and the whole house of Israel played before Jehovah on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. Since the harp signifies confessions from spiritual truths, and spiritual truths are those which affect the angels who are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom, they and the angels who are in them also dissipate falsities. See i. Samuel xvi. 23. E. 323-
2-6. Song in praise of the cooperation of the Father with Him. P. P.
3. See Psalm xxv. 10. A. 6180.

            6. A brutish man knoweth not;
            Neither doth a fool understand this:
            7. When the wicked spring as the grass,
            And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish;
            It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
            8. But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.
            9. For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah,
            For, lo, thine enemies shall perish;
            All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

7. The evil do not understand this. P. P.
8-10. Although the evil flourish, yet they perish. P. P.
11. See Psalm xxii. 22. A. 2832.
See Psalm xxiii. 5. A. 9954.

            10. But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the
            wild-ox:
            I am anointed with fresh oil.
            11. Mine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies,
            Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that
            rise up against me.

 It was a received custom to anoint themselves and others to testify gladness and benevolence of mind, but with
common or some other precious oil, not with the oil of holiness. R. 779.
Here the expression like the horn of an unicorn signifies truth, as to abundance and power. E. 316.
See Psalm xlv. 8. E. 375.
See Psalm xxxvii. 35. E. 507.

            12. The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree:
            He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
            13. They are planted in the house of Jehovah;
            They shall flourish in the courts of our God.

11, 12. Thus He has Divine omnipotence against those that rise up against Him. p. p.
See Psalm lii. 10. R. 401.
13. Palm tree stands for good and cedar for truth. Since palm signifies good, it also signifies wisdom, for wisdom
is of good. A. 8369.
13, 14. By palms the Divine truths of the Word are signified. R. 367.
See Psalm lxv. 5. R. 487.
See Psalm xviii. 7. E. 220.
The righteous signify those who are in good, for by the righteous in the Word are signified those who are in the good of love, and by the holy those who are in truths derived from that good. It is said concerning them that they shall flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon, for by these are understood the fructification of good, and the multiplication of truth. Palm signifies spiritual good, cedar the truth of that good, and Lebanon the spiritual church. By the house of Jehovah in which they are planted, and the courts in which they shall germinate is signified heaven and the church, the house of Jehovah the internal church, and the courts the external church. Plantation is effected in the  interiors of man where the good of love and charity resides, and germinations in the exteriors of man where the good of life resides. E. 458.
By the courts is here understood heaven, and specifically the ultimate heaven, and the church. E. 630.

            14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age;
            They shall be full of sap and green:

13-15. From which the church will nourish. P. P.
14, 15. When they are grey haired means in the last stage.
A. 5550.
15, 16. See Psalm xxxvi. 9. R. 782.
To be fat and green signifies to be in goods and truths of doctrine. E. n59.

            15. To show that Jehovah is upright;
            He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

16, By rock is understood Divine truth from the Lord, or the Lord himself. E. 411.
and will sing praises to the Lord. P. P.
See Psalm lxxviii. 16, 20, 35. Inv. 35.

Author: EMANUEL SWEDENBORG (1688-1772)

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