The Lord Will

Psalm 103:21

β€œBless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.”

KJV

Read in Psalm 103

Meaning

Within β€œUniversal reign and universal praise,” verse 21 widens the summons to all heavenly hosts and servants who carry out God's will; this detail advances the unit's argument and should not be detached from the whole psalm.

Read carefully

Read Psalm 103:21 inside its literary unit and the movement of Psalm 103; its imagery and claims are constrained by that context.

Reflection

Respond to the verse's specific emphasis β€” widens the summons to all heavenly hosts and servants who carry out God's will β€” while reading it together with the surrounding lines of Psalm 103.