“The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.”
The north and south respond: "The north and the south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name." The enumeration of specific mountains suggests particular sacred places acknowledging God's creation. The joyful praise personifies creation as recognizing its creator.
Church Fathers on Psalms 89:12
1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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