Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
The verse is a call for all peoples everywhere, for every people and all nations, to praise God. That universal praise belongs together with prayer that God would bless His people so that His way and His saving power may become known among the nations. The nations can rejoice because He judges them rightly and governs the earth.
Such praise is the fitting response to God's love, compassion, and saving work. It answers His universal invitation of mercy to the whole earth and His rule over the world as the One who gives audience to the whole earth, the living God who rules. It is to be offered with heart, soul, voice and tongue, in words of praise and thanksgiving, with God's love in the heart, and shared in the congregation.
The call sounds through the worldwide proclamation of the gospel, as Christ's representatives with sanctified lips proclaim Jesus as the Lamb who takes away the world's sin. As the gospel reaches all nations and people turn to God, their praise joins the hope and prayer that the whole earth will be filled with His glory. The verse gives believers words to say as their own now in shared worship, joining the psalmist's desire to praise God throughout life and uniting with all heaven in praising God. Learning this song of praise now prepares them to sing with the angels when joining their shining ranks.
The verse is a call for all peoples everywhere, for every people and all nations, to praise God. That universal praise belongs together with prayer that God would bless His people so that His way and His saving power may become known among the nations. The nations can rejoice because He judges them rightly and governs the earth.
Such praise is the fitting response to God's love, compassion, and saving work. It answers His universal invitation of mercy to the whole earth and His rule over the world as the One who gives audience to the whole earth, the living God who rules. It is to be offered with heart, soul, voice and tongue, in words of praise and thanksgiving, with God's love in the heart, and shared in the congregation.
The call sounds through the worldwide proclamation of the gospel, as Christ's representatives with sanctified lips proclaim Jesus as the Lamb who takes away the world's sin. As the gospel reaches all nations and people turn to God, their praise joins the hope and prayer that the whole earth will be filled with His glory. The verse gives believers words to say as their own now in shared worship, joining the psalmist's desire to praise God throughout life and uniting with all heaven in praising God. Learning this song of praise now prepares them to sing with the angels when joining their shining ranks.