The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 138:5

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

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord. They, i.e. the kings, shall sing, no longer in their own misguided heathen ways, but in the ways of the Lord, in the mode prescribed by his Law and practiced in his temple (comp.

Isaiah 49:22, Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 60:3-5, etc.). For great is the glory of the Lord. (cf. Isaiah 60:1-3; Isaiah 66:18.) It is this "glory" which attracts "all nations and tongues."

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