AC 7796 - the Divine vastates no one; AC 7803 - stars

AC 7796
. . . all things which are done by the Divine Itself
are done by means of truth proceeding from Itself;
the Divine Itself is the being [esse] of all things,
whereas the truth proceeding from It
is the derivative manifestation [existere] of all things;
Good Itself, which is the Divine Esse,
produces all things by means of its truth.
It is said that vastations are effected
by means of truth from the Divine,
but it is to be understood
that Divine truth is not the cause,
for the Divine vastates no one;
but the evil person vastates himself
by rendering himself determined against truth Divine,
extinguishing, rejecting, or perverting it;
and by turning the good Divine
which continually flows in,
into evil.
This evil then is that which vastates,

AC 7803
. . . moving stars signify falsities;
but fixed stars truths.

Portions: Psalm 129 - 140

But the Lord is righteous;
He has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.
(Psalm 129:4)

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in His word I put my hope.
(Psalm 130:5)

. . . I have stilled and quieted my soul . . .
(Psalm 131:2)

. . . arise, O Lord, and come to Your resting place,
You and the ark of Your might.
(Psalm 132:8)

How good and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in unity!
(Psalm 133:1)

Praise the Lord,
all you servants of the Lord
who minister by night in the house of the Lord.
(Psalm 134:1)

Praise the Lord,
for the Lord is good;
sing praise to His name,
for that is pleasant.
(Psalm 135:3)

Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His love endures forever.
(Psalm 136:26)

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
(Psalm 137:1)

The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me;
Your Love, O Lord, endures forever -
do not abandon the works of Your hands.
(Psalm 138:8)

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
(Psalm 139:23-24)

I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy.
Surely the righteous will praise Your name
and the upright will live before You.
(Psalm 140:12-13)

AC 7779 - falsified truth and real truth

AC 7779
[2] Falsified truths in the first place
are those which are acknowledged as essentials,
such as these:
-- that faith saves howsoever a person has lived;
-- that it saves a person in the last hour of his life;
-- and that he then is pure from sins;
-- thus that sins are wiped away in a moment,
    like the uncleanness of the hands by water;
    which insist that there is faith without charity,
-- and that in respect to a person's salvation
    the life effects nothing,
-- also that a man-devil can in a moment
    be made an angel of God.
Such and the like are falsified truths in the first place.

[3] That such and the like are falsified truths of faith,
is very evident;
for who does not know, if he thinks justly,
that the life of faith causes a person to be spiritual,
but not faith 
except insofar as it has been implanted in the life.
The life of person is his love,
and that which he loves he wills and intends,
and that which he wills and intends, he does.
This is the being of a person,
but not that which he knows and thinks and does not will.
This being of a person
cannot in any wise be changed into another being
by thinking about mediation and salvation;
but by regeneration anew,
which is being effected during a great part of his life;
for he must be conceived, born, and grown up anew;
and this is not effected by thinking and speaking,
but by willing and acting. 

Portions: Psalm 119 (Lamedh) - 128

Your Word, O Lord, is eternal;
it stands firm in the heavens.
(Psalm 119:89 - Lamedh)

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are ever with me.
(Psalm 119:98 - Mem)

Your Word is a lamp to my feet
and a light for my path.
(Psalm 119:105 - Nun)

You are my refuge and my shield;
I have put my hope in Your Word.
(Psalm 119:114 - Samekh)

Deal with Your servant according to Your love
and teach me Your decrees.
(Psalm 119:124 - Ayin)

The unfolding of Your words gives light;
it gives understanding to the simple.
(Psalm 119:130 - Pe)

Trouble and distress have come upon me,
but Your commands are my delight.
(Psalm 119:143 - Tsadhe)

Long ago I learned from Your statutes
that You established them to last forever.
(Psalm 119:152 - Qoph)

All Your words are true;
all Your righteous laws are eternal.
(Psalm 119:160 - Resh)

Great peace have they who love Your law,
and nothing can make them stumble.
(Psalm 119:165 - Sin and Shin)

May my cry come before you, O Lord;
give me understanding according to Your Word.
(Psalm 119:169 - Taw)

I call onto the Lord in my distress,
and He answers me.
(Psalm 120:1)

The Lord will keep you from all harm -
He will watch over your life;
the Lord will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
(Psalm 121:7-8)

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May those who love you be secure.
May there be peace within your walls
and security within your citadels."
(Psalm 122:6-7)

I lift up my eyes to You,
to You whose throne is in heaven.
(Psalm 123:1)

Our help is in the name of the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
(Psalm 124:8)

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
(Psalm 125:1)

The Lord has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.
(Psalm 126:3)

Unless the Lord builds the house,
its builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in vain.
(Psalm 127:1)

Blessed are all who fear the Lord,
who walk in His ways.
(Psalm 128:1)

AC 7770 - vessels; application

AC 7770
Memory-knowledges are called vessels of truth and good,
because they contain them.
It is believed
that the memory-knowledges of truth and good
are the very truths and goods of faith;
but they are not.
It is the affections of truth and good that make faith,
and these flow into memory-knowledges,
as into their vessels.

[3] . . . with the evil
the knowledges of good and truth are applied to evil uses,
and with the good
the knowledges of good and truth are applied to good uses;
the knowledges are the same,
but the application to uses
effects their quality with each person.

Portions: Psalm 115 - 119 (Kaph)

May you be blessed by the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
(Psalm 115:15)

How can I repay the Lord
for all His goodness to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord.
I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all His people.
(Psalm 116:12-14)

Praise the Lord, all you nations;
extoll Him, all you peoples.
For great is His love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord.
(Psalm 117)

This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
(Psalm 118:24)

Blessed are the whose was are blameless,
who walk according to the law of the Lord.
(Psalm 119: 1 - Aleph)

How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to Your word.
(Psalm 119:9 - Beth)

Remove from me scorn and contempt,
for I keep your statutes.
(Psalm 119:22 - Gimel)

My soul is weary with sorrow;
strengthen me according to Your Word.
(Psalm 119: 28 - Daleth)

Turn my heart toward Your statutes
and not toward selfish gain.
(Psalm 119:36 - He)

I lift up my hands to Your commands,
which I love,
and I meditate on Your decrees.
(Psalm 119:48 - Waw)

In the night I remember You name, O Lord,
and I will keep Your law.
(Psalm 119:55 - Zayin)

The earth is filled with Your love, O Lord;
teach me Your decrees.
(Psalm 119:64 - Heth)

The law from Your mouth is more precious to me
than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
(Psalm 119:72 - Teth)

Your hands made me and formed me;
give me understanding to learn your commands.
(Psalm 119:73 - Yodh)

My soul faints with longing for Your salvation,
but I have put my hope in Your Word.
(Psalm 119:81 - Kaph)

AC 7757 - in the interiors of a person

AC 7757
The conjunction
of the good of charity with the truth of faith
is effected in the interiors of a person.
The good itself which flows in from the Lord
adopts truth there, 
and appropriates it to itself,
and thereby causes the good with the person to be good,
and the truth to be truth;
or the charity to be charity,
and the faith to be faith.
Without this conjunction
charity is not charity,
but only natural goodness;
neither is faith faith,
but only the memory-knowledge
of such things as are of faith,
and in some cases 
a persuasion that a thing is so
for the sake of earning gain or honor.
 

Portions: Psalm 107 - 114

Let them give thanks to the Lord
for His unfailing love
and His wonderful deeds for men,
for He satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
(Psalm 107:8-9)

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
and let Your glory be over all the earth.
(Psalm 108:5)

Help me, O Lord my God;
save me in accordance with Your love.
(Psalm 109:26)

The Lord will extend your might scepter from Zion;
you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
(Psalm 110:2)

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow His precepts have good understanding;
To Him belongs eternal praise.
(Psalm 111:10)

. . . a righteous man will be remembered forever.
He will have no fear of bad news;
his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
(Psalm 112:6-7)

Praise the Lord.
Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord.
(Psalm 113:1)

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
who turned the rock into a pool,
the hard rock into springs of water.
(Psalm 114:7-8)

AC 7729 - every expression

AC 7729 [4]
. . . every expression in the Word has weight,
because it is from the Divine.

Portions: Psalm 103 - 106

Praise the Lord, you His angels,
you mighty ones who do His bidding,
who obey His word.
(Psalm 103:20)

I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
(Psalm 104:33)

He is the Lord our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
(Psalm 105:7)

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, "Amen!"
(Psalm 106:48)

AC 7711 - "darkness" and "thick darkness"

AC 7711
In various places in the Word mention is made of "darkness"
and also at the same time of "thick darkness,"
and then "darkness" is predicated of falsity,
and "thick darkness" of evil together with it.
But the word by which "thick darkness"
is expressed in this verse means the densest darkness,
by which in the internal sense
are signified such falsities as spring from evil.
Such falsities arise with those who have been of the church,
and have lived a life of evil
contrary to the precepts of faith which they have known.
The evil from which these falsities spring,
is against the church,
against heaven,
and against the Lord,
thus is diametrically against good and truth.
This state is now described by "thick darkness."

That in the Word both "darkness" and "thick darkness"
are mentioned together,
and that "darkness" then denotes the privation of truth,
and thick darkness the privation of both truth and good . . ..

Portions: 94 - 102

Blessed is the man You discipline, O Lord,
the man You teach from Your law . . ..
(Psalm 94:12)

Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
for He is our God
and we are the people of His pasture,
the flock under His care.
(Psalm 95:6-7)

For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
He is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
(Psalm 96:4-5)

Light is shed upon the righteous
and joy on the upright in heart.
(Psalm 97:11)

Let the sea resound, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.
Let the rivers clap their hands,
let the mountains sing together for joy;
let them sing before the Lord,
for He comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples with equity.
(Psalm 98:7-9)

Exalt the Lord our God
and worship at His holy mountain,
for the Lord our God is holy.
(Psalm 99:9)

Know that the Lord is God.
It is He who made us,
and not we ourselves;
we are His people,
the sheep of His pasture.
(Psalm 100:3)

I will sing of Your love and justice;
to You, O Lord, I will sing praise.
(Psalm 101:1)

But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever;
Your renown endures through all generations.
(Psalm 102:12)

AC 7697 - to forgive, to sin

AC 7697
. . . to forgive is
not to regard any one from evil but from good . . .
the signification of "sin,"
as being disobedience.

Portions: Psalm 87 - 93

He has set His foundation on the holy mountain;
(Psalm 87:1)

You have take from me my closest friends
and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined and cannot escape;
my eyes are dim with with grief.
(Psalm 88:8-9)

Righteousness and justice
are the foundation of Your throne;
love and faithfulness
go before You.
Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim You,
who walk in the light of Your presence, O Lord.
(Psalm 89:14-15)

Lord, You have been our dwelling place
throughout all generations.
Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting
You are God.
(Psalm 90:1-2)

For He will command His angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
(Psalm 91:11-12)

It is good to praise the Lord
and make music to Your name, O Most High,
to proclaim Your love in the morning
and Your faithfulness at night,
to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and the melody of the harp.
(Psalm 92:1-3)

Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier than the breakers of the sea -
the Lord on high is mighty.
(Psalm 93:4)

AC 7691 - sensitive of truth

AC 7691
That "green" denotes that which is sensitive of truth,
is because by "herb," "grass," and "the leaf of a tree"
are signified truths;
from this their "greenness" signifies
that which is sensitive of truth.
By this sensitivity is signified the ultimate of perception.
The sensitivity of truth is also signified by "what is green"
. . . in John:

The fifth angel sounded, and the locusts went forth;
and it was said unto them
that they should not hurt the grass of the earth,
nor any green thing.
(Revelation 9:4)

Portions: Psalm 79 - 86

Help us, O God our Savior,
for the glory of Your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for Your name's sake.
(Psalm 79:9)

Restore us, O Lord God Almighty;
make Your face shine upon us,
that we may be saved.
(Psalm 80:19)

"Hear, O My people, and I will warn you -
if you would but listen to Me, O Israel!"
(Psalm 81:8)

Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are Your inheritance.
(Psalm 82:8)

O God, do not keep silent;
be not quiet, O God, be not still.
Let them know that You,
whose name is the Lord -
that You alone are the Most High over all the earth.
(Psalm 83:1,18)

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does He withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.
O Lord Almighty,
blessed is the man who trusts in You.
(Psalm 84:11-12)

Love and faithfulness meet together;
righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
and righteousness looks down from heaven.
(Psalm 85:10-11)

You are forgiving and good, O Lord,
abounding in love to all who call to You.
(Psalm 86:5)

AC 7652, 7655 - the evil

AC 7652
. . . the evil never advise what is good except from fear.

AC 7655
. . . the evil call all those "simple"
who are of the church and live according to its truths and goods,
that is, a life of faith and charity.

Portions: Psalm 74 - 78

But You, O God, are my king from old;
You bring salvation upon the earth.
(Psalm 74:12)

We give thanks to You, O God,
we give thanks,
for Your Name is near;
men tell of your wonderful deeds.
(Psalm 75:1)

Make vows to the Lord your God
and fulfill them;
let all the neighboring lands
bring gifts to the One to be feared.
(Psalm 76:11)

I cried out to God for help;
I cried out to God to hear me.
When I was in distress,
I sought the Lord;
at night I stretched out my untiring hands
and my soul refused to be comforted.
(Psalm 77:1-2)

I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter hidden things,
 things from of old . . .. 
He built His sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that He established forever.
(Psalm 78:2,69)

AC 7643 - evil is never from the Lord

AC 7643
. . . when it is attributed to Jehovah (that is, to the Lord)
that He made heavy Pharaoh's heart,
when yet this is from man, from his evil in him . . ..
That evil is not from the Lord,
but that it arises from man,
is because man turns to himself
that good which flows in from the Lord,
and instead of regarding the Lord
and what is of the Lord in all things,
he regards himself.
From this comes the concupiscence of reigning over all,
and of possessing all that belongs to others;
and from this come contempt for others, and hatred,
revenge, and cruelty toward those
who do not favor and be friendly to one's self;
from this also comes contempt for all things
that are of faith and charity,
because when these flow in from the Lord
they are turned to self,
thus away from the Lord.
From all this it can be seen that man turns into evil
the very good which flows in from the Lord.

Portions: Psalm 68 - 73

Sing to God,
sing praise to His name,
extol Him who rides on the clouds -
His name is the Lord -
and rejoice before Him.
(Psalm 68:4)

I will praise God's name in song
and glorify Him with thanksgiving.
(Psalm 69:30)

But may all who seek You
rejoice and be glad in You;
may those who love Your salvation always say,
"Let God be exalted!"
(Psalm 70:4)

Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God,
You who have done great things.
Who, O God, is like you?
(Psalm 71:19)

Praise be to the Lord God,
the God of Israel,
who alone does marvelous deeds.
Praise be to His glorious name forever;
may the whole earth be filled with His glory.
Amen and Amen.
(Psalm 72:18-19)

My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
(Psalm 73:26)