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I. THE TRANSCENDENT EXCELLENCE of true worship (ver. 1).

1. It is good.

(1)  It accords with the constitution of the human soul.

(2)  It accords with the Divine command.

(3)  It agrees with the genius of the universe.

2. It is pleasant. It is the grand end of our being, the paradise of our nature; worship is not a means to an end, it is the grandest end, there is nothing higher, it is heaven.

3. It is "comely." Is it not a fitting and a beautiful thing that the greatest Being in the universe should be the most earnestly thanked, that the best Being should be the most profoundly reverenced, that the kindest Being should be the most enthusiastically adored?

II. THE SUPREME OBJECT of true worship.

1. What He is in Himself. "Great."

2. In relation to His creatures.

(1) To the human family.

(a)  Building up useful institutions (ver. 2). Schools for the ignorant, hospitals for the diseased, asylums for the poor, etc.

(b)  Uniting scattered peoples (ver. 2). By the promotion of one language, by the extension of free trade, by the abolition of political and religious difficulties, and by the advancement of one creed — Christ, and one code-His example.

(c)  Healing broken hearts (ver. 3).

(d)  Rectifying human conditions (ver. 6).

(e)  Disregarding martial force (ver. 10).

(f)  Interested in saintly men (ver. 11).

(2) In relation to inanimate nature. He is at work —

(a)  In the stellar universe (ver. 4).

(b)  In the atmosphere (ver. 8).

(3) In relation to mundane life (vers. 8, 9).

(David Thomas, D. D.)

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KJV: Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

WEB: Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.