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Psalm 69:34
Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
32The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
33For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.
34Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
36The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
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Heaven, earth, and the teeming seas widen the scope of praise beyond human voices, making worship as vast as the world God rules.
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Isaiah 49:13Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.Both summon heaven and earth to praise, with God’s care for afflicted people named in the surrounding psalm and in Isaiah.
Psalm 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!Both extend the call to praise beyond a single worshiper, including the living creatures of God’s world.
Psalm 148:1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!Both summon praise from the heavens, extending worship beyond the earth.
Psalm 96:11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!Both name heaven, earth, and the sea with its fullness as participants in praise and rejoicing.
Isaiah 55:12For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields …Both portray creation joining an expression of joy or praise, extending the scene beyond human voices.
Psalm 104:25There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.Both attend to the sea’s living creatures, which Psalm 104 describes and Psalm 69 summons to praise.
Isaiah 44:22–23I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.The connection rests on God’s saving care: the surrounding psalm promises salvation for Zion, while Isaiah declares redemption and forgiveness.
Genesis 1:28God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, …Both name the earth, the sea, and moving creatures, though Genesis concerns human dominion and the psalm concerns praise.
Isaiah 44:23Sing, you heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for the …Both summon heaven and earth to praise God, with his saving work for his people grounding the surrounding psalm and Isaiah’s song.
Revelation 7:11–13All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,Both extend worship beyond human voices: the psalm summons creation, while Revelation depicts angels and living creatures worshiping God.
Genesis 1:20God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”The creatures filling the waters at God’s command in Genesis belong among those summoned to praise in the psalm.
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Your voice has a place in this vast call to praise. The God who hears the needy is the one heaven, earth, and seas are summoned to honor.
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