31Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-36)We have here the thanksgiving psalm which David, by the Spirit, composed, and delivered to the chief musician, to be sung upon occasion of the public entry the ark made into the tent prepared for it. Some think he appointed this hymn to be daily used in the temple service, as duly as the day came; whatever other psalms they sung, they must not omit this. David had penned many psalms before this, s…
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