[T]he Psalmist calls upon the irrational things themselves, the trees, the earth, the seas, and the heavens, to join in the general joy. Nor are we to understand that by the heavens he means the angels, and by the earth men; for he calls even upon the dumb fishes of the deep to shout for joy. . . . As all the elements in the creation groan and travail together with us, according to Paul’s declaration, (Rom. 8:22,) they may reasonably rejoice in the restoration of all things according to their earnest desire.89
