Saying, Amen
As approving and confirming what the great multitude of men had
said in ( Revelation
7:10 ) ; in ascribing the glory of salvation to God, and the
Lamb: the angels, though they have no part in it themselves, yet
highly approve of it as right and just, that men should give the
glory of it where it is due.
Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honour, and
power, and might, [be] unto our God for ever and ever.
Amen.
Here a seven fold praise is given to God by the angels, as to the
Lamb, in ( Revelation
5:12 ) , and in words much the same they rightly ascribe
blessing to God, who is blessed in himself, and is the source of
all blessedness to his creatures, angels and men. And also
"glory"; the glory of his divine perfections, who is the God of
glory; and of all his works of nature and providence, and
especially of the salvation of men by Christ. "And wisdom"; he
being the only wise God, whose wisdom is to be seen in all the
works of creation, and in the government of the world, and in
nothing more than in the scheme of redemption by the Son of God:
"and thanksgiving": for all mercies and favours, temporal,
spiritual, and eternal, enjoyed by angels, or by men: "and
honour"; which is due to him from all his creatures, as he is the
Creator of them; and from all his children, as he is their
Father; and from all his servants, as he their master: "and
power": which he has exerted, in making all things out of
nothing, in supporting the whole universe in its being, and in
saving and preserving his own people: "and might"; or "strength",
he being the almighty God, the strength of Israel, and the rock
of ages, in whom is everlasting strength; and the praise and
ascription of all this, the angels wish to be given him by
themselves and others, to all eternity; and as desiring that so
it might be, and as believing that so it would be, they add their
to it.