=27.= _are before him_] i.e. are His, belong to Him as His attributes. Perhaps also _before him_ refers to God’s abode in heaven, while the parallel expression _in his place_ (Psalms xcvi. 6, _in his sanctuary_) refers to His temple on earth. _Strength and gladness_] Psalms xcvi. 6, _Strength and beauty_. The reference seems to be to the _strength and gladness_ (or _beauty_) which God bestows on Israel (Psalms lxviii. 35; Isaiah lxi. 3). _in his place_] Read with Psalms xcvi. 6, =in his sanctuary=. Compare the two preceding notes. ²⁸Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples, Give unto the LORD glory and strength. =28.= _of the peoples_] An expectation that the Gentiles will turn to the worship of the true God is expressed not rarely in the Psalms; compare Psalms xxii. 27, Psalms lxviii. 31, 32; and is, of course, one of the greatest contributions of Old Testament faith to the religious aspirations of humanity. ²⁹Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come before him: Worship the LORD in the beauty¹ of holiness. ¹ Or, _in holy array_. =29.= _before him_] Psalms xcvi. 8, _into his courts_. _Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness_] Render as margin, =worship the Lord in holy attire= (see Kirkpatrick on Psalms xxix. 2, Psalms xcvi. 9; and compare Exodus xxviii. 2). Compare 2 Chronicles xx. 21. ³⁰Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is stablished that it cannot be moved. =30.= _The world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved_] In Psalms xcvi. 10 this clause is preceded by the words, _Say among the nations, The LORD reigneth_, and is followed by the words, _He shall judge the peoples with equity_. ³¹Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; And let them say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. ³²Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein; =31.= _And let them say_] Psalms xcvi. 10, _Say_ [ye]. The clause is displaced in Chronicles; compare note on verse 30. _The LORD reigneth_] i.e. the Lord is claiming His kingdom over the earth by coming to judge the earth; compare verse 33. Contrast Habakkuk i. 14, where the prophet complains that Jehovah is not asserting Himself as the ruler of men. ³³Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before the LORD, For he cometh to judge the earth. =33.= _to judge the earth_] The joy with which the coming judgement is greeted arises from the fact that the Hebrews regarded a judge as a champion of the oppressed and not as a precise interpreter of statutes. =34‒36= (= Psalms cvi. 1, 47, 48). ³⁴O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: For his mercy _endureth_ for ever. =34.= _his mercy_ endureth _for ever_] Compare Exodus xx. 6, “shewing mercy unto a thousand generations of them that love me” (Revised Version margin).