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Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For he commanded, and they were created.
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Creation's Core Command
Commentators explain that the fundamental reason for all creation to praise God is that He is the Creator. The verse emphasizes that the universe is not eternal or a product of random chance. Instead, God simply "commanded, and they were created." This powerful act of speaking the cosmos into existence is the ultimate basis for worship.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let them praise the name of the Lord - That is, Let them praise Yahweh himself - the name being often put for the person or thing referred …
19th Century
Baptist
Or, pass away. Now the psalmist begins at the bottom, and works up to the top.
16th Century
Protestant
Let them praise the name, etc. As he speaks of things lacking intelligence, he passes to the third person, from which we infer that his re…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let them praise the name of the Lord Set forth the glory of the nature and perfections of God, and celebrate the pra…
We, in this dark and sinful world, know little of the heavenly world of light. But we know that there is a world of blessed angels above us. They a…
