Psalm of Praise. The Arabic version ascribes this psalm to David, and very likely it is one of his: the Targum calls it"a hymn for the sacrifice of thanksgiving;''and so Jarchi. It is supposed to have been used when peace offerings for thanksgivings were offered up, Le 7:11.
The Syriac inscription is very odd;"concerning Joshua the son of Nun, when he made the war of the Ammonites to cease;''though it more rightly adds,"but in the New Testament, when the Gentiles are converted to the faith:''and indeed the scope of the psalm is to exhort the Gentiles to praise the Messiah, to serve and worship him, from the consideration of his goodness and mercy, truth and faithfulness.
Ver. 1. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Or, "all the earth" ; that is, as the Targum, all the inhabitants of the earth, who are called upon to shout unto him as their King; as the angels did at his birth, the disciples when he made his public entrance into Jerusalem, the apostles at his ascension to heaven, the saints when the marriage of him, the Lamb, will be come, and both men and angels when he shall descend from heaven to judge the world; and such a joyful noise or shout should be made unto him as to a triumphant conqueror, who has got the victory over sin, Satan, death, and the grave, and every enemy of his and his people, and made them more than conquerors through himself; see Ps 95:1.
Urah lk "omnis terra", V. L.