Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Ver. 26. Bless ye God in the congregations] i.e. Catervatim ac turmatim, by troops and companies.
Even the Lord from the fountain of Israel] That is, from the heart, say some, which is the true fountain of praising God. Others understand it as Christ, who is of the fountain of Israel, Romans 9:5; there are those who think that the study of the Hebrew tongue is here recommended to us. Reuchlin was wont to say, that the Latins drank out of cisterns, the Greeks out of ponds, but the Hebrews out of the fountain itself. Calvin and the most interpreters read the words, Ye that are of the fountain of Israel, springing out of his loins. See Deu 33:28 Isaiah 48:1; Isaiah 51:1 .