872. 'The face ¹ of the ground' means those things that reside with the member of the Church, and the expression 'the ground' is used because it is the first stage at which man comes to be the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ground', dealt with already, as the member of the Church who is at that point called 'the ground' when the goods and truths of faith can be sown within him. Previously he is called 'the land', as in Genesis 1 where 'the land' refers to man prior to his becoming celestial, while Chapter 2, when he has become celestial, refers to him as 'the ground' and 'the field'. It is similar in the present chapter. The expression 'the land' and the expression 'the ground' are sufficient by themselves to enable someone to recognize what is meant in the internal sense, not only here but also anywhere else in the Word. 'The ground' in the universal sense means the Church, and as the Church is meant so too is the member of the Church for, as stated already, every member of the Church is the Church.

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339. Internal Meaning of Psalm 89

1-2 All Divine truth is from the Lord (13, 10)

3-5 The Divine truth is from Him because there is oneness with the Divine Human (10, 16, 16)

6-9, 13 Thus the Lord has all power (10, 16)

10-14 All of heaven and the church is from Him, (10, 16)

15-18 Happy is he who trusts in the Lord (12, 16)

19-25 The Father to the Lord, or His Divine to His Human that by oneness with Him He has omnipotence over the hells (10, 16)

26-29 N. B. There will be eternal oneness with Him (10, 16)

30-37 Even if those of the church should fail there will be eternal oneness with Him. (10)

38-42 Of the Jewish nation: It has destroyed conjunction with Him, because it has destroyed the church. (4)

43-45 It has utterly repudiated Him. (4)

46-48 Prayer to the Father, that, unless He assist, no one will have eternal life. (13)

49 Unless oneness be effected, (10)

49-51 the hells will otherwise prevail. (10, 8)

52 He assists. (10, 8)