Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.
Ver. 1. It is good to sing praises] For, 1. Hereby we glorify God, Psalms 50:23, and so do him right; for he is the proper object of praises, worthy only to be praised, Psalms 18:32. Hereby we do good to ourselves, secure former favours, which else we forfeit, and procure further blessings, which else we forestall. Hereby also we make things good in themselves to become good to us.
For it is pleasant] A very foretaste of eternal life; hence so many of David's psalms are eucharistical.
And praise is comely] No fairer sight than to see God's altar covered with the calves of our lips, and ourselves in our priestly robes, giving thanks to his name, Hebrews 13:15, professing our no-deserts, and whole dependence upon him. As on the contrary, an unthankful man is an ugly, ill-favoured spectacle.