Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
Ver. 11. Kings of the earth] These are doublybound to God (as Queen Elizabeth wrote to the French king); first, as they are men; and next, as they are so great men; but this is little considered. Tamerlane, having overcome Bajazet, asked him whether ever he had given God thanks for making him so great an emperor? who confessed ingenuously he never thought of it.
Princes, and all judges of the earth] These are thrice called upon, because hardly persuaded to pay God his rent, as holding themselves too high to do him homage.