John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 69:34
Let the heaven and earth praise him ,.... As those, by a prosopopoeia, are often called upon to do, to express the greatness of the favour enjoyed, and to excite those that are possessed of it to greater joy and thankfulness; see Psalm 96:11 ; or the inhabitants of the heavens and earth may be meant, as the angels of heaven; and so the Targum interprets it; who, as they praised the Lord at the incarnation of Christ, Luke 2:14 ; so doubtless they did at his ascension, when he was seen and... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 69:30-36
The psalmist here, both as a type of Christ and as an example to Christians, concludes a psalm with holy joy and praise which he began with complaints and remonstrances of his griefs. I. He resolves to praise God himself, not doubting but that therein he should be accepted of him (Ps. 69:30, 31): ?I will praise the name of God, not only with my heart, but with my song, and magnify him with thanksgiving;? for he is pleased to reckon himself magnified by the thankful praises of his people. It is... read more