We are all summoned (Psalm 148)

 

Psalm 148:13 Let them all praise The Lord’s name, for his name alone is exalted, majestic above earth and heaven. 

This chapter is calling all things to praise God. All people, all of  nature, all of the heavens, everything. “‘For the Lord commanded and they were created” verse 5 tells us so much about this planet: if the Lord didn’t want it, he wouldn’t have made it. He commanded the earth be made, he commanded the light be separated from darkness, he commanded the water and land be separated. He made the animals and plants. He made man and woman. And so in thanksgiving of being created, all the things he made should praise him. 

Calling upon the angels, the sun, moon, and stars, the heavens and the waters to praise God reminds us that there is not other god but ours. If these great powers all praise our God, there is nothing higher than he, and he is the only one who deserves our praise. This is the same as verses 11 & 12 calling the kings, princes, all who govern, women, men, children, young and old alike, to praise God; there is no earthly person higher than God. We were created in his image, and we should praise him for it. All of us. We are all his people. Every nation, every tongue, every social class. 

Philippians 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father.