810. 'Both the small and the great' signifies those who out of the truths of faith and the goods of love worship the Lord in a lesser or greater degree. By 'the small and the great' in the natural sense are understood those who are in a lesser or a greater degree of dignity, but in the spiritual sense those who are in a lesser or a greater degree of worship of the Lord, thus those who worship the Lord less or more holily and fully out of the truths of faith and the goods of love. This is signified because it follows after 'Praise God, O all His servants and those fearing Him', by which such things are signified (n. 809). Nos. 527, 604 may also be seen.