Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
This exhortation is directed to all nations, not Israel alone, which proves it concerns Christ's kingdom. The heathen were mute and deaf to God until the Gospel spread the knowledge of Him everywhere; the Spirit stirred the saints under the Law to praise God until that day came.
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Commenting on Psalm 96:1-13
The psalmist hammers home his call with triple repetition, the way the best poets fire the soul by driving their words deeper with each strike. All families of earth, not just Israel, must bow and ascribe to the Lord all glory and strength. Every boastful nation and monarch must humble itself: glory and strength belong nowhere but with God; all others hold only the shadow of these things.
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Sing unto the Lord a new song, a song for new favours, born of new affections in renewed hearts. Let all the earth sing it, not the Jews only; this is Gospel song, suited to the new covenant and the precious privileges that came with it, never to wax old.
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Commenting on Psalm 96:1-9