Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
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This passage is interposed by the writer of Chronicles between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the service which David instituted at this time, a…
Adam Clarke
Let the heavens be glad - "Let the supreme angels be glad, and the inhabitants of the earth rejoice." - T. In this place the Targumist uses the Greek word αγγελοι, angels, in Hebrew letters thus,…
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.…
Cambridge Bible
and letmen say Psa 96:10, say[ye]. The clause is displaced in Chron.; cp. note on 1Ch 16:30.
The Lord reigneth i.e. the Lord is claiming His kingdom over the earth by coming to judge the earth; cp.…
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