Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
THESE words are a part of that divine ode which
the Legislator of Israel, at the command of God, wrote for the instruction and warning of the people. Nothing can be more grand and majestic than the
Give ear, O ye heavens! and I will speak;
And hear, O earth! the words of my mouth.
As though man had no ears, the appeal is here made to the mute creation. After comparing the doctrine to be dispensed to the effects of the falling rain and distilling dew, the poet adds,
Because I will publish the name of the Lord;
Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
The subject of celebration being the perfections of
Jehovah, the people are here invited to join in exalt-