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Wild animals and all cattle; Small creatures and flying birds;
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All Creation, Great and Small
Commentators explain that the pairings in this verse—'Beasts and all cattle' and 'Creeping things and flying birds'—are intentionally comprehensive. The psalmist is summoning the entire animal kingdom, from wild beasts to domesticated livestock and from the highest flying eagle to the lowest crawling worm, to join in a universal chorus of praise.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Beasts, and all cattle - Wild beasts and tame; those which roam the forest, and those which have been domesticated for the service …
19th Century
Anglican
So here we have wild animals and domesticated animals. (See Note, Psalms 50:10.)
Creeping things.
Baptist
If you cannot praise God by soaring up like eagles, if you feel more like the creeping things of the earth, still praise him. There is something ve…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Beasts, and all cattle Wild and tame; the beasts of the field, and the cattle on a thousand hills, which are all the…
Even in this world, dark and bad as it is, God is praised. The powers of nature, however strong or stormy they may be, do what God appoints them, a…
