Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Ver. 2. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him] And new made him, Ephesians 2:10, and thereby highly advanced him, as 1 Samuel 12:6. The Hebrew hath it, In his makers, to show the Trinity of persons concurring in the work both of creation and regeneration. So Gen 1:26 Job 35:10 Isaiah 54:5 Ecclesiastes 12:1. See Psalms 100:3 .
Be joyful in their King] i.e. In Christ, whose kingdom is such as should swallow up all discontents, and make us everlastingly merry, Micah 4:9. If Seneca could say to his friend, Polybius, Fas non est, salvo Caesare, de fortuna tua queri, Hoc incolumi salvi tibi sunt tui, &c., It is not fit for thee to complain of thine hard fortune so long as Caesar is alive, and well; how much more may it be said so to Christians, so long as Christ is alive, and reigns!