The idea of universalism is certainly present way, way back in the Scripture, including not only animals even "sea monsters" even the mountains and hail, snow and frost. I would think that this Psalm might be an imagining of the end that Han Kung talked about in that passage I went through this morning.
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise him in the heights!
2 Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his host!
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise him in the heights!
2 Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his host!
3 Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars!
4 Praise him, you highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens!
praise him, all you shining stars!
4 Praise him, you highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens!
5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for he commanded and they were created.
6 He established them forever and ever;
he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.[a]
for he commanded and they were created.
6 He established them forever and ever;
he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.[a]
7 Praise the Lord from the earth,
you sea monsters and all deeps,
8 fire and hail, snow and frost,
stormy wind fulfilling his command!
you sea monsters and all deeps,
8 fire and hail, snow and frost,
stormy wind fulfilling his command!
9 Mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars!
10 Wild animals and all cattle,
creeping things and flying birds!
fruit trees and all cedars!
10 Wild animals and all cattle,
creeping things and flying birds!
11 Kings of the earth and all peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!
12 Young men and women alike,
old and young together!
princes and all rulers of the earth!
12 Young men and women alike,
old and young together!
for his name alone is exalted;
his glory is above earth and heaven.
14 He has raised up a horn for his people,
praise for all his faithful,
for the people of Israel
I would note that the idea of animals in this is entirely above the traditional one that the life sciences hold, no doubt a legacy, not from the Genesis (mis)translation ordering people to subdue the Earth but as a legacy of the depraved definition of animals as insensate machines made of meat that comes from Descartes directly into science. I won't go again into the sadistic indifference he demonstrated when he cut apart his wife's immobilized dog while the poor soul was alive and, for a time at least, conscious. He was quite evil.
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