Psalm 113:3, Malachi 1:11

Years ago, I wrote about the merism in Psalm 113:3 - that "from the rising of the sun to its setting" can be understood temporally (from morning to evening) or spatially (from east to west).  While flipping through the Psalms last summer, I happened to see the note I wrote in the margin and realized that - in a small way - the dual application of this merism matches the scope it describes:  there's a breadth in the expression's meaning (temporal or spatial), and there's a breadth in what the expression is outlining (one point to an-other).

Months later, I ran across the same phrase in Malachi 1:11:  "For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations...."  I'd previously noted the resemblance to Psalm 113:3, but my more recent notions applied here, too.