The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 66:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Worship.

The psalm would seem to have been composed on the occasion of some special deliverance; but the expressions used are too general to indicate the time or the occasion of its being written.

I. THE WORSHIP OF GOD SHOULD BE JOYFUL AND FERVENT AS WELL AS SOLEMN. (Psalms 66:1.) Love and reverence are the perfection of worship.

II. THE GLORY OF GOD'S NATURE IS THE INSPIRATION OF ALL TRUE WORSHIP. (Psalms 66:2.) His name is his nature; and the glory of his nature is his greatness and goodness.

III. GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL WORK IN HISTORY COMPELS THE RELUCTANT HOMAGE OF EVEN HIS ENEMIES. (Psalms 66:3.) "Thine enemies feign allegiance unto thee".

IV. THE WHOLE EARTH IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD, WHEREIN HIS PRAISES ARE CELEBRATED. (Psalms 66:4.) Prediction of faith, that not only in Zion, but in the whole world, the praises of God should be uttered.—S.

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