Again we see the universality of God's reign. Even the distant lands are called upon to rejoice in the Lord. The whole earth is to be glad. Atheists would have us believe that God is bad news, but the truth is that it is good news that He reigns. For His throne is founded on righteousness and justice, if only we would turn to Him.
Clearly the Psalmist was inspired by some mighty storm that was going on.
All of creation declares His glory, and the greatness of nature, such as the solidity of the mountains, is nothing to Him.
So we should worship the one true God, but those who worship idols are put to shame. Idols are nothings and it is pure foolishness to worship them. We may think we are above such things now, but those who believe in naturalism (ie that the observed universe is all that there is) are equally foolish. For how can something come out of nothing? How can matter give birth to intelligence?
Now we turn to the people of God. As the people of God we should rejoice, for we worship the true and living Lord. This has moral implications too, so we are to hate evil. Evil is not just something we should not do, we are to detest it in the same way that the Lord detests evil.
And we are to rejoice. For we do not worship an idol, we not trusting in a lie. We are trusting in the faithful and almighty God.
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