“Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.”
The command to bless God in the congregations and the assembly articulates that corporate worship is the proper location and manner of praise. The reference to blessing in congregations emphasizes the public and communal nature of worship. This verse establishes that theological affirmations find their fulfillment in communal liturgy.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:26
1. Of this Psalm, the title seems not to need operose discussion: for simple and easy it appears. For thus it stands: “For the end, for David himself a Psalm of a Song.” But in many Psalms already we have reminded you what is “at the end: for the end of the Law is Christ for righteousness to every man believing:” Romans 10:4 He is the end which makes perfect, not that which consumes or destroys. Nevertheless, if any one endeavours to inquire, what means, “a Psalm of a Song:”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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