“Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice”
The fields' joy: "let the field exult, and everything in it. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy." The vegetation shares in the celebration. Cosmic praise becomes comprehensive.
Church Fathers on Psalms 96:12
1. My lord and brother Severus still defers the pleasure we shall feel in his discourse, which he owes us; for he acknowledges, that he is held a debtor. For all the Churches through which he has passed, by his tongue the lord has gladdened: much more therefore ought that Church to be rejoiced, out of which the Lord has propagated his preaching among the rest. But what shall we do, but obey his will? I said, however, brethren, that he deferred, not that he defrauded us.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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