Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
3. "Sing unto the Lord, bless His Name: be telling good tidings of His salvation from day to day" (ver. 2). How doth the building increase? "Be telling," he saith, "good tidings of His salvation from day to day." Let it be preached from day to day; from day to day, he saith, let it be built; let My house, saith God, increase. And as if it were said by the workmen, Where dost Thou command it to be built? Where dost Thou will Thy house to increase? Choose for us some level, spacious spot, if Thou wish an ample house built Thee. Where dost Thou bid us be telling good tidings from day to day? He showeth the place: "Declare His honour unto the heathen:" His honour, not yours. O ye builders, "Declare His honour unto the heathen." Should ye choose to declare your own honour, ye shall fall: if His, ye shall be built up, while ye are building. Therefore they who choose to declare their own honour, have refused to dwell in that house; and therefore they sing not a new song with all the earth. Fo...
Lord. His name. As ver. 7., and 8. The plural and singular denote the Trinity. (Worthington)
Shew forth. Septuagint, "evangelize "bene nuntiate. (St. Augustine)
"Tell the glad tidings "of salvation incessantly. This preaching shall continue for ever. (Haydock)
