Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. Alleluia. In some editions of the Septuagint ( Bible.) and in Syr. Arab. and so forth the same inscription occurs, as in the former psalms. Many ascribe this to the same authors, and to the same occasion. Hebrew and Chal. have no title. Yet the psalm seems to be a thanksgiving ( Calmet.) for the permission to build the temple and walls of Jerusalem, (Orig.) which had been neglected, till God visited the people with a famine, verse 8. 2 Ezra 5:1. Agg. 1:6. Bossuet—Zorobabel, and so forth urge the people to build. Syr. Calmet.—Still David might compose this psalm, as he was a prophet, (Bert.) and he may allude to the beginning of his reign, when the people were all united. Jans.—Good. Agreeable and advantageous for us.—Praise. This consists in purity of life, rather than in the sweetest accents. Calmet.
Hebrew: יה Yah
LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.