I. BLESSEDNESS PROCLAIMED (r). 3rd p_erson. He that reverethJehovah. IL BLESSINGS PROMISED (2-3). 2nd person-"thou." r. Upon thy Work. 2. Upon thy Wife. 3. Upon thy Weans. III. BLESSEDNESS PROCLAIMED (4). 3rd person. He that revcreth Jehovah. IV. BLESSINGS PROMISED (5-6a). 2nd person-"thou." r. Public Prosperity. Welfare of Jerusalem seen. 2. Private Prosperity. Welfare of Posterity seen. 3. Public Prosperity. Welfare oflsrael seen. (R.V.m.). SUPERSCRIPT.-A Song of the Degrees (or, Ascents). PRIMARY AssocIATION .-Probably one of Hezekiah's "songs" see notes to preceding psahns. Here he declares his sense of blessing received in the promise and gift of a son as heir to the throne of David. Hezekiah trusted in Jehovah for (a) Victory over the Assyrians, (b) Recovery from his sickness, and (c) Bestowal of an heir. One of the "Beatitude" group. PROPHETIC ANTICIPATION.-Clearly points to millennial times. The
promised blessings are distinctly Jewish-earthly prosperity and domestic felicity. PERSONAL APPLICATION.-Fanuly felicity is for the faithful. Happy homes make a happy nation. The welfare of the state is dependent upon the wholesomeness of its family life. Godliness in the home ever leads to domestic happiness. VERSE NOTES 1. "Blessed" = happy, as in 2. 2 ff. Ctr. the lot of those who turp. from Jehovah, Lev. xxvi. 16; Deut. xxvii,i. 30-3 3; Amos v. II; Mic. vi. 15. 3. The vine is characterised by gracefulness, fruitfulness, preciousness and dependency. (b) the usual arrangement. in the East for the women's apartments. "children"= sons. The evergreen olive symbolises vitality and vigour. It sends out young saplings which grow round the decaying parent tree sheltering it from storms that would otherwise destroy it. 4. Br. "Lo, surely thus ... " 5. (a) I.e. where He sits enthroned as King. (b) Or, "That thou mayest see ... " 6. "Yea, see Thy sons'. so½ ... " (b) May be a benediction. Cycle 4. Human Stress and Divine Sufficiency: cxxix.-cxxxi. Jehovah the National R_edeemer. The Saviour of Israel. Deliverance from Sins.
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