“All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.”
Universal worship is envisioned: "All the nations you have made shall come and bow down before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name." The eschatological vision of all nations worshipping the God of Israel expresses confidence that God's sovereignty extends to all creation. This universalizing impulse suggests that the individual's trust is grounded in cosmic confidence.
Church Fathers on Psalms 86:9
1. No greater gift could God have given to men than in making His Word, by which He created all things, their Head, and joining them to Him as His members: that the Son of God might become also the Son of man, one God with the Father, one Man with men; so that when we speak to God in prayer for mercy, we do not separate the Son from Him; and when the Body of the Son prays, it separates not its Head from itself: and it is one Saviour of His Body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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