John Trapp on Psalms 147:1

PSAL. CXLVII.

VErſ. 1 It is good to fing praiſes] For 1 Hereby wee glorifie God, Pſal. [illegible: 2 letters].23. and ſo do him right; for hee is the proper object of praiſes, worthy only to bee praiſed, Pſal. 18.3.2 Hereby wee do good to our ſelves, ſecure former favours, which elſe wee forfeit, and procure further bleſſings, which elſe wee foreſtall. Hereby alſo were make things good in themſelves, to become good to us.

For it is pleaſant] A very foretaſte of eternall life; hence ſo many of Davids Pſalms are euchariſticall.

And praiſe is comely] No fairer ſight than to ſee Gods Altar covered with the calves of our lips, and our ſelves in our Prieſtly robes, giving thanks to his name, Heb. 13.15. profeſſing our no-deſerts, and whole-dependence upon him. As on the contrary, an unthankfull man is an ugly il-favoured Spectacle.