Verse 1
1. Praise ye the Lord This belongs to the title of the psalm, as is clearly shown by the alphabetical numbering of the lines, beginning with the next sentence.
In the assembly In the select, or confidential, circle. In this sense the word rendered “assembly” is often used.
Upright “ Straightforward; a title given to the true Israel from the days of Balsam downwards.” Alexander. See Numbers 23:10. The word Jeshurun, which occurs four times in the Scripture as a poetical name of Israel, is a diminutive from the same root, ( Yashar, upright,) signifying the good or upright little people. See on Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 33:5; Deuteronomy 33:26; Isaiah 44:2.
Congregation The collective multitude of the people. A distinction seems here drawn between the select number of the upright, or true Israel, and the nation at large. See Romans 9:6. If the two terms are taken as synonymous, then the term “upright” could apply to the “congregation” only as their profession.
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