Thomas Aquinas

The third authority contains the devotion of the gentiles to God. Hence he adds: and again it is written in a psalm: praise the Lord, all you gentiles (Ps 117:4), i.e., confess his goodness: from the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised (Ps 113:3); and all you people, not only the Jewish people, and magnify him, i.e., confess his greatness, i.e., that his greatness exceeds all praise: when you praise the Lord, exalt him as much as you can; for he will surpass even that (Sir 43:30); from the rising of …

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