“O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:”
The command that peoples should bless God and make the sound of God's praise heard establishes the continuation and expansion of the call to worship. The reference to letting praise be heard suggests that worship should be audible and public, not hidden or private. This verse reinforces the universal call to communal worship and witness.
Church Fathers on Psalms 66:8
1. This Psalm has on the title the inscription, “For the end, a song of a Psalm of Resurrection.” When ye hear “for the end,” whenever the Psalms are repeated, understand it “for Christ:” the Apostle saying, “For the end of the law is Christ, for righteousness to every one believing.” Romans 10:4 In what manner therefore here Resurrection is sung, you will hear, and whose Resurrection it is, as far as Himself deigns to give and disclose. For the Resurrection we Christians…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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