“Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:”
The psalmist opens with an appeal for all people to listen and hear, and calls upon all inhabitants of the world to listen to what he will say. The universal address and repeated emphasis on hearing suggest that the message is of significance to all peoples. The psalmist announces that he will utter words of wisdom and the meditation of his heart will be understanding. This opening suggests that the psalm contains wisdom teachings of universal applicability.
Church Fathers on Psalms 49:1
The First Part. 1. ...“Hear ye these things, all you nations” Psalm 48:1. Not then you only who are here. For of what power is our voice so to cry out, as that all nations may hear? For Our Lord Jesus Christ has proclaimed it through the Apostles, has proclaimed it in so many tongues that He sent; and we see this Psalm, which before was only repeated in one nation, in the Synagogue of the Jews, now repeated throughout the whole world, throughout all Churches; and that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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