Psalms 72:18

THE DOXOLOGY

"Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel,

Who only doeth wondrous things:

And blessed be his glorious name forever;

And let the whole earth be filled with his glory.

Amen, and Amen."

Again, as at the end of Book I of the Psalter, we have a doxology, closed with a double Amen. These doxologies were doubtless added by the devout men who complied and organized the various divisions of the Psalms.

"God is here called `Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel,' a variation from God's name in the doxology that closes Book I, because the Second Book contains none but Elohim Psalms."[17]

The last line of Psalms 72:19 is identical with Numbers 14:21:

"As I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah" (Numbers 14:21).

Significantly, these words in the Book of Numbers were spoken by God himself, forming a part of the oath by which he swore that the generation who had participated in the exodus would never be allowed to enter Canaan.

From this, the deduction is mandatory that the earth's prospect of being filled eventually with the glory of God is just as certain as the fact of God's existence, both of which are appealed to in God's oath.

"The earth cannot otherwise be filled with the glory of God, than by men everywhere glorifying him, and in bowing down in adoration before God's Son. This doxology ends in the anticipation of that day. Amen, and Amen."[18]