David, the second king of God’s special people, Israel, wrote a psalm of praise for his deliverance from his enemies, including Saul, the ruler he had succeeded: “For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to your name” (2 Samuel 22:50). The apostle Paul, writing to the church of God in Corinth about the proper nature of Christian worship, said, “I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also” (1 Corinthians 14:15). The praise of God is a primary theme of writers and speakers in both Old and New Testaments.