Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. (Psalm 33:1)   God doesn’t just tell us that praise is good; He says it is “comely.” That word means appropriate, suitable, beautiful, proper, or fitting.  Praise is not awkward for believers. Praise fits us as believers better than a perfectly tailored suit.  Silence does not define our character. Complaining should feel like a foreign language that's hard to speak for us. On the other hand, rejoicing

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psalm 50:14-15)   There is a form of praise that encourages believers to keep moving forward during difficult times. The thanksgiving mentioned here is not casual gratitude. The Hebrew word for it is todah. Todah means  extending the hand, as if offering something back to God. It’s a stretching kind of praise, a gesture of

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. (Psalm 22:3)   Praise acknowledges God. It thanks God for what He has done in the past and for what He is doing in our lives now. But the praise referred to in Psalm 22  is the Hebrew word tehillah.  That word means more than simply acknowledging God; it is about welcoming His presence. God doesn’t just hear these praises; He dwells in them. The word “inhabitest”  means to dwell, sit, or be enthroned.  Tehillah