Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Psalms 33:1-22.-Call to the righteous to praise God with a new song (Psalms 33:1-3); ground of praise: the truth, righteousness, grace, and creative, all-sustaining power of God (Psalms 33:4-11); blessedness of the elect, whose God is the Lord, who delivers their soul, whereas physical strength cannot save (Psalms 33:12-19); believers, remembering His power and love, testify their joyful trust in Him and pray for His consequent mercy (Psalms 33:20-22). This psalm forms, with Psalms 32:1-11, a pair. Moved by God's pardon of his grievous sin, he proceeds to praise God's truth and power.
Rejoice ... ye righteous - all who 'fear the Lord, hope, in His mercy, and trust in His holy name' (Psalms 33:18; Psalms 33:21).
Praise is comely ... - "comely," i:e., becoming. "The upright" are represented especially by Israel, "the nation whose God is the Lord, and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance" (Psalms 33:12; Exodus 19:5; Numbers 23:10). "Upright;" i:e. conformed to the law of God, the standard of right. Israel, in its normal idea, is called Jeshurun (Deuteronomy 33:5; Deuteronomy 33:26) - i:e., 'the upright one,' from Jasher, Hebrew, upright. To "rejoice in the Lord" is to make Him the element and the central object of our joy.