Arcana Coelestia # 3041
3041. Verses 8-9 And if the woman is not willing to go after you, you are clear from this my oath; only do not take my son back there. And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
'If the woman is not willing to go after you' means here, as previously, if the affection for truth were not separated. 'You are clear from my oath' means the freedom that the natural man has. 'Only do not take my son back there' means here, as previously, no resulting conjunction. 'And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master' means here, as previously, that the natural man was bound, as regards its power, to the good of conjugial love. 'And swore to him concerning this matter' means a very solemn undertaking.
Psalms 6
1
Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.
2
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
3
My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh--how long?
4
Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness' sake.
5
For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
6
I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
7
My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
8
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.
9
Yahweh has heard my supplication. Yahweh accepts my prayer.
10
May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly. A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
