Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
The verse belongs to the inspiring psalm David gave to be sung when the ark of God was brought to Jerusalem. It stands in 1 Chronicles 16:23-33, which is Psalm 96 reproduced with revised and somewhat altered wording and slight variations, just as 1 Chronicles 16:8-22 contains the first fifteen verses of Psalm 105. It is Hebrew poetry, not prose, and its fervor and figurative expression must not be construed literally like a plain prose statement.
Nearby all the trees sing out at the presence of God, giving to inanimate things the sentiments and language of a rational being. The verse summons every people, all the kindreds of the people, to give to the Lord glory and strength. That summons is part of a call to make His deeds known among the nations and to worship Him in holiness and reverence.
It shows that Israel as a pilgrim people was called out to be priests to the whole world and to proclaim God's glory among all the nations, and the giving of God's law attested the importance of that calling. It is Israel's commission to declare Jehovah's glory among the nations, the Gentiles, so that the Gentiles might be converted. God gave His truth and law to Israel not for themselves alone but for the whole world, for the entire nation to serve as His priest to the world, and this call is part of that witness by which outsiders are brought to give themselves to God and come under one law with Israel.
It shows that the salvation revealed through God's works and proclaimed by His Word is for the whole world. That salvation was to be proclaimed to all the world both in His works and by His Word, as part of a worldwide preaching of the gospel in the past. The call to all peoples to give the Lord glory and strength is connected with the worldwide proclamation of the gospel during humanity's time of probation and with the coming judgment.
The verse belongs to the inspiring psalm David gave to be sung when the ark of God was brought to Jerusalem. It stands in 1 Chronicles 16:23-33, which is Psalm 96 reproduced with revised and somewhat altered wording and slight variations, just as 1 Chronicles 16:8-22 contains the first fifteen verses of Psalm 105. It is Hebrew poetry, not prose, and its fervor and figurative expression must not be construed literally like a plain prose statement.
Nearby all the trees sing out at the presence of God, giving to inanimate things the sentiments and language of a rational being. The verse summons every people, all the kindreds of the people, to give to the Lord glory and strength. That summons is part of a call to make His deeds known among the nations and to worship Him in holiness and reverence.
It shows that Israel as a pilgrim people was called out to be priests to the whole world and to proclaim God's glory among all the nations, and the giving of God's law attested the importance of that calling. It is Israel's commission to declare Jehovah's glory among the nations, the Gentiles, so that the Gentiles might be converted. God gave His truth and law to Israel not for themselves alone but for the whole world, for the entire nation to serve as His priest to the world, and this call is part of that witness by which outsiders are brought to give themselves to God and come under one law with Israel.
It shows that the salvation revealed through God's works and proclaimed by His Word is for the whole world. That salvation was to be proclaimed to all the world both in His works and by His Word, as part of a worldwide preaching of the gospel in the past. The call to all peoples to give the Lord glory and strength is connected with the worldwide proclamation of the gospel during humanity's time of probation and with the coming judgment.