Praise the Lord from the earth
Let his praise resound from all creatures on earth, and reach him
in the highest heavens; this phrase comprehends all terrestrial
beings afterwards particularly mentioned; all in the terraqueous
globe, all that arise from it, are upon it, or within it;
ye dragons, and all deeps;
either land dragons, or rather sea dragons, the water or sea
being the proper place of them, ( Psalms 44:19
) ( Psalms
74:13 Psalms 74:14
) ; these, as cruel, as poisonous, and pernicious as they are,
are made to honour and praise the Lord, ( Isaiah 43:20
) ; and such as are mystically signified by, them, as Satan,
tyrannical and persecuting princes, and antichristian ones, as
Pharaoh king of Egypt, Rome Pagan and Papal; out of whom the Lord
has or will get himself praise in the deliverance of his people
from them, and in the destruction of them, and in the confessions
they have been obliged to make of him, ( Revelation
12:3 Revelation
12:9 Revelation
12:10 Revelation
12:16 Revelation
12:17 ) ( 13:2 ) (
Isaiah 27:1 )
( Exodus
9:16 ) ; these seem to be set in contrast with the angels.
The word is used for the great whales the Lord made, which are
thought to be the same with the "leviathan" of Job; of whom so
many things are said, which declare the power and wisdom of God
in the formation of it, ( Genesis 1:21
) ( Job 41:1 )
and these may be put for the innumerable creatures in the sea,
which in their way show forth the praise and glory of God, (
Psalms
102:24-26 ) ; as "all deeps" do, deep waters, especially the
depths of the sea, and the inhabitants of them; where the wonders
of God are to be seen, and give occasion to those that go down to
the sea in ships to praise his name, ( Psalms
107:23 Psalms
107:24 ) .