The final affirmation that people will know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth establishes the ultimate goal of the psalm: that God's sovereignty be made manifest through the vindication of the righteous. The reference to Jacob indicates the covenantal people; the manifestation of God's power will be known through what happens to God's people. The extension to the ends of the earth suggests that the vindication will have universal significance; all creation will witness God's power. This verse closes the psalm with the assertion that the psalmist's deliverance participates in the cosmic manifestation of God's rule.

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