Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
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Gill's Exposition
Let them praise the name of the Lord, His nature and perfections, and celebrate the glory of them; and his wonderful works, and the blessings of his goodness, both of providence and grace; even all…
Barnes' Notes
Let them praise the name of the Lord - Let them praise Yahweh - the name being often put for the person. For his name alone is excellent - Margin, as in Hebrew, exalted. He only is exalted as God. See…
Considering that this earth, and the atmosphere that surrounds it, are the very sediment of the universe, it concerns us to enquire after those considerations that may be of use to reconcile us to our…
Cambridge Bible
is excellent Is exalted, as in Isa 12:4. On excellent, excellency, in A.V. and P.B.V., see note in Driver's Daniel, p. 32.
his glory His majesty. Cp. Psa 8:1; Psa 104:1; Psa 145:5; Hab 3:3.
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