# Connecting Statement:

The writer continues to speak to things that are not human as if they were people and commands them to praise Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# animals wild and tame

The words "wild" and "tame" are opposites. Together they encompass all animals. AT: "all animals" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])