Young men and maidens together, old men and children!
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
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children. Both sexes and all ages are summoned to the blessed service of song. Those who usually make merry together are to be devoutly joyful together: those who make up the ends of families, that is to say, the elders and the juveniles, should make the Lord their one and only end.
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