“Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.”
Final exhortation: "Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name." The call to celebrate and give thanks concludes the psalm. The focus is on the righteous' appropriate response.
Church Fathers on Psalms 97:12
1. ...This Psalm is entitled, “A Psalm of David's, when his land was restored.” Let us refer the whole to Christ, if we wish to keep the road of a right understanding: let us not depart from the corner stone, Ephesians 2:20 lest our understanding suffer a fall: in Him let that become fixed, which wavered with unstable motion; let that rest upon Him, which before was waving to and fro in uncertainty. Whatever doubt a man has in his mind when he hears the Scriptures of God, let…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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