90-106 (BB2). THE FOURTH, OR NUMBERS BOOK. THE EARTH AND THE NATIONS. (Division, with Prologue and Epilogue.)
PROLOGUE| 90 THE REST. LOST, AND NEEDED.
| BB2 | A1 | 91-94 | REST FOR THE EARTH DESIRED. NO hope for it till "the wicked cease from troubling". |
| A2 | 95-100 | REST FOR THE EARTH ANTICIPATED. Note the central verse of the psalter (96:11) and the reason (96:13). | |
| A3 | 101-105 | REST FOR THE EARTH CELEBRATED. Jehovah's throne in heavens, and hid kingdom over all. (103:19). |
Epilogue| 106 the rest. how lost, and valued.
91-94 (A1, above). REST FOR THE EARTH. (Alternation.)
| A1 | B | 91 | REST, ONLY IN JEHOVAH IN A PERISHING WORLD; AND, THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH THE ONLY PLACE OF SAFETY IN IT. | |
| C | 92 | PRAYER FOR THAT "SABBATH-KEEPING" (YET TO COME, (HEB 4:9) WHEN ALL "WORKERS OF INIQUITY" SHALL BE CUT OF (vv.7,9) AND THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL FLOURISH (v.12) IN JEHOVAH THEIR "ROCK" AND "DEFENCE" (v.15). | ||
| B | 93 | REST, ONLY IN JEHOVAH. HIS THRONE WHEN ESTABLISHED WILL BE THE PLACE OF SAFETY. (See note on 93:5). | ||
| C | 94 | PRAYER FOR REST, TO JEHOVAH, "THE JUDGE OF THE EARTH", TO CUT OFF ALL "WORKERS OF INIQUITY" (vv.4,16,23), AND TO GIVE THE RIGHTEOUS REST (vv.13-15) IN JEHOVAH, THEIR "ROCK" AND "DEFENCE" (v.22). |
95-100 (A2, above). REST FOR THE EARTH ANTICIPATED.
| A2 | D | 95 | WORSHIP, IN VIEW OF REST ANTICIPATED. HIS "PEOPLE" AND "SHEEP" (v.7) TO "COME BEFORE HIS PRESENCE WITH THANKSGIVING" (v.2). REASON: "JEHOVAH IS GREAT" (v.3). | |||
| E | F | 96 | A SUMMONS TO SING THE "NEW SONG". "FOR HE COMETH" (JUDGMENT). | |||
| G | 97 | THE NEW SONG. "JEHOVAH REIGNETH". | ||||
| E | F | 98 | A SUMMONS TO SING THE "NEW SONG". "FOR HE COMETH" (JUDGMENT). | |||
| G | 99 | THE NEW SONG. "JEHOVAH REIGNETH". | ||||
| D | 100 | WORSHIP, IN VIEW OF REST ANTICIPATED. HIS "PEOPLE" AND "SHEEP" (v.3) TO "COME BEFORE HIS PRESENCE WITH SIGNING" (v.2). REASON: "JEHOVAH IS GOOD" (v.5). |
101-105 (A3, above). REST FOR THE EARTH CELEBRATED. (Alternation.)
| A3 | H1 | 101 | THE COMING KINGDOM. ITS PRINCIPLES: "MERCY AND JUDGMENT" (v.1). THE WICKED CUT OFF (vv.5,8). | |
| J1 | 102 | THE KING IN HIS HUMILIATION AND COMING GLORY AS THE ETERNAL CREATOR (vv.12, 24-29). ALL ELSE PERISHING (v.26). | ||
| H2 | 103 | THE COMING KINGDOM. ITS MERCIES AND JUDGMENTS (vv.4,6,17,19). | ||
| J2 | 104 | THE KING IN HIS COMING GLORY AS THE ETERNAL CREATOR (v.31). ALL ELSE PERISHING (vv.27-29). | ||
| H3 | 105 | THE COMING KINGDOM. BASED ON THE COVENANT (vv. 8-12; 42-45∼) OF "MERCY AND JUDGMENT" (vv. 5-7). |