“Therefore the Prophet says unto these great and small, the mountains and the little hills, the rams and the young sheep, what follows: "You are the blessed of the Lord, who made heaven and earth" [Psalm 115:15]. As if he should say, You are the blessed of the Lord, who made the heaven in the great, earth in the small:…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 115
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16The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
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14The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
15Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
— Psalms 115:16 —
17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
18But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.