I will conclude this devotional with the insightful words of the following writers:
“This noble close of the Psalter rings out one clear note of praise, as the end of all the many moods and experiences recorded in its wonderful sighs and songs. Tears, groans, wailings for sin, meditations on the dark depths of Providence, fainting faith and foiled aspirations, all lead up to this. The psalm is more than an artistic close of the Psalter: it is a prophecy of the last result of the devout life, and, in its unclouded sunny-ness, as well as in its universality, it proclaims the certain end of the weary years for the individual and for the world.”—Alexander MacLaren
“All living things in the air, the earth, the waters. Let there be one universal burst of praise... Thus, at the end of all the trials, the conflicts, the persecutions, the sorrows, the joys recorded in this book, the psalmist gives utterance to feelings of joy, triumph, transport, rejoicing; and thus at the end of all - when the affairs of this world shall be closed - when the church shall have passed through all its trials, shall have borne all its persecutions, shall have suffered all that it is appointed to suffer - when the work of redemption shall be complete, and all the ransomed of the Lord shall have been recovered from sin, and shall be saved - that church, all heaven, the whole universe, shall break forth in one loud, long, triumphant Hallelujah.”—Albert Barnes“
Join all ye living things in the eternal song. Be ye least or greatest, withhold not your praises. What a day will it be when all things in all places unite to glorify the one only living and true God! This will be the final triumph of the church of God. ‘Praise ye the Lord.’ Once more, Hallelujah! Thus is… the Book of Psalms ended by a glowing word of adoration. Reader, wilt not thou at this moment pause a while and worship the Lord thy God? Hallelujah!”—Charles Spurgeon