“But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord.”
This concluding verse of the psalm declares the community's commitment to bless the Lord from this time forth and forever, establishing perpetual praise as the chosen response of the faithful to divine blessing and care. The phrase from this time forth and forever suggests both present commitment and eschatological extension, establishing that the community's praise will continue throughout history and into eternity, transcending temporal limitation. The shift to first-person plural we will bless establishes community as the subject of perpetual praise, suggesting that the covenant people together constitute a worshipping community whose fundamental vocation involves the offering of thanks and glory to God. By concluding with this resolute commitment to unceasing praise, the psalmist establishes that proper response to God's blessing involves not momentary gratitude but comprehensive reorientation of life toward the perpetual glorification of the divine source of all goodness.
Church Fathers on Psalms 115:18
1. “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Your Name give the praise” Psalm 113:1. For that grace of the water that gushed from the rock (“now that rock was Christ” 1 Corinthians 10:4), was not given on the score of works that had gone before, but of His mercy “that justifies the ungodly.” Romans 4:5 For “Christ died for sinners,” that men might not seek any glory of their own, but in the Lord's Name. 2. “For Your loving mercy, and for Your truth's sake” Psalm 113:2.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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