Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth!
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
Kings of the earth, and all people: princes, and all judges of the earth. Now the poet has reached our own race, and very justly he would have rulers and subjects, chieftains and magistrates, unite in worshipping the sovereign Lord of all. Monarchs must not disdain to sing, nor must their people refrain from uniting with them.
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