Beasts and all livestock, creeping things and flying birds!
God's power, goodness, and wisdom are written everywhere, so His praises ought to resound from every corner of creation. Angels and stars, dumb elements and brute beasts, all declare Him. Yet most men are both blind to His works and silent in His praise; only Israel, given His special revelation, can truly speak for the world.
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Commenting on Psalm 148:1-14
Those who refuse to praise God are worse than beasts. A man who will not sing the Lord's glory is more base than reptiles, more worthless than insects. Even the smallest creature under the microscope, even the blue fly buzzing in the window, proclaims His handiwork more faithfully than a songless human ever could.
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The earth itself, dark and infected as it is, becomes a mirror of heaven's praise. As sunlight bounces weakly back from the ground, so God's glory reflects from this lower world, through whales that sport in the depths, through meteors that blaze and crash, through hail and snow and wind. All the depths declare Him.
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Commenting on Psalm 148:7-14