Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and praised the LORD.
David composed this psalm by the Spirit and now first delivers it to Asaph for the church's use, a pattern that warrants us to gather hymns from several of David's psalms, fitted together to stir Christian devotion. Our chief work is to glorify God: by thanksgiving, by calling on His name, by song, by speaking of His wonders. Make His honour the center of all your praise.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 16:7-36
David composed this hymn for the inauguration and now publicly commits it to Asaph and his assistants as they enter their sacred duties. Compiled from his other psalms, it abounds with praise for God's glorious character and marvellous works, touching on the origin and destiny of the chosen people, exactly fitted to animate the devotion of the assembled multitude.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 16:7-43
all the people said, Amen--(Compare Psa 72:19-20; Psa 106:48). In the former, the author of the doxology utters the "amen" himself, while in the latter the people are exhorted to say "amen." This may arise from the fact that the latter psalm originally concluded with the injunction to say "amen." But in this historical account of the festival, it was necessary to relate that the...