28Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples,
Give unto the LORD glory and strength.
29Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name:
Bring an offering, and come before him:
Worship the LORD [1]in the beauty of holiness.
30Tremble before him, all the earth:
The world also is stablished that it cannot be moved.
31Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
And let them say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
32Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;
Let the field exult, and all that is therein;
33Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before the LORD,
For he cometh to judge the earth.
34O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
28. of the peoples] An expectation that the Gentiles will turn to the worship of the true God is expressed not rarely in the Psalms; cp. Pss. xxii. 27, lxviii. 31, 32; and is, of course, one of the greatest contributions of O.T. faith to the religious aspirations of humanity.
29. before him] Ps. xcvi. 8, into his courts.
Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness] Render as mg., worship the Lord in holy attire (see Kirkpatrick on Ps. xxix. 2, xcvi. 9; and cp. Ex. xxviii. 2). Cp. 2 Chr. xx. 21.
30. The world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved] In Ps. xcvi. 10 this clause is preceded by the words, Say among the nations, The LORD reigneth, and is followed by the words, He shall judge the peoples with equity.
31. And let them say] Ps. xcvi. 10, Say [ye]. The clause is displaced in Chron.; cp. note on ver. 30.
The LORD reigneth] i.e. the Lord is claiming His kingdom over the earth by coming to judge the earth; cp. ver. 33. Contrast Hab. i. 14, where the prophet complains that Jehovah is not asserting Himself as the ruler of men.
33. to judge the earth] The joy with which the coming judgement is greeted arises from the fact that the Hebrews regarded a judge as a champion of the oppressed and not as a precise interpreter of statutes.
34—36 (= Ps. cvi. 1, 47, 48).
34. his mercy endureth for ever] Cp. Ex. xx. 6, "shewing mercy unto a thousand generations of them that love me" (R.V. mg.).
- ↑ Or, in holy array
