“Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:”
The final command that kingdoms of the earth sing to God establishes the ultimate goal toward which the entire psalm aims: universal recognition and worship of God by all earthly powers. The reference to all kingdoms indicates completeness and universality. This verse closes the psalm with the eschatological vision of all creation acknowledging God's supremacy.
Church Fathers on Psalms 68:32
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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