David praiseth God for his fame, for his goodness, for his kingdom, for his providence, and for his saving mercy.
David's Psalm of praise.
Title. לדוד תהלה tehillah ledavid.— It has been thought that David composed this admirable hymn, after he had obtained those favours of God for himself, and for the nation, which he begs in the foregoing psalm; in the 9th verse whereof it is imagined by some that he promises this psalm; concerning which many of the ancient Hebrews were wont to say, (too much in the Pharisaic spirit,) that "He could not fail to be a child of the world to come, who should repeat this psalm three times every day." It is a song of praise to God, in which the author magnifies all his attributes, and his goodness particularly, in such a manner, as his people, and the whole body of mankind, he intimates, should adore him, and do him homage. The psalm is of the alphabetical kind, and therefore no great connection is to be expected in it. See Bishop Lowth's 24th Prelection.