I Verse 1. This Psalm has no title, and has been generally considered, but without especial reason, as a preface or introduction to the whole book. God made man for happiness . Every man feels a desire to be happy . All human beings abhor misery.
Happiness is the grand object of pursuit among all men.
The true way of obtaining it is here laid down. There are here three characters, each exceeding the other in sinfulness . This man not only does no good, but he does evil . The former was without God , but not desperately wicked . The latter adds outward transgression to the sinfulness of his heart .