Psalms 96:8

Give unto the Lord, &c.— After David has exhorted the people to praise and to give thanks to God for his peculiar mercies to them, he breaks out into a rapture of gratitude, in contemplation of the infinite bounty and benignity of the Creator; and calls upon the whole creation to fill up the chorus of his praise; Give unto the Lord, &c. to the end of the psalm. In 1 Chronicles 16:34 he returns to his own people, O give thanks unto the Lord, &c. and concludes with those words which seem to be the form in which he blessed, i.e. prayed for his people; first calling upon them to join with him in the prayer, 1 Chronicles 16:34 and say ye, Save us, O God, &c. See Life of David, b. ii. c. 12.