He blessed his soul, i.e. he applauded himself as a wise and happy man: compare Luke 12:19. Men will praise thee: and as he pleaseth and flattereth himself, so he meets with parasites that applaud and flatter him for their own advantage. For he still speaks of the same man, as is manifest from the foregoing and following words, though there be a sudden change of the third into the second person; which is most frequent in these books. When thou doest well to thyself; when thou dost indulge and please thyself, and advance thy own worldly interest. For the name of good in Scripture is oft ascribed unto the pleasures and profits of this life, as Job 21:13 Psalms 4:6 Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 4:8 11:9.
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Psalms 49:18
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.