The answer
St. Jacob of Sarug says,
“David who became the songbird of melodious psalms awakens created beings every day to praise.
He stands in the midst, between the earthly and the heavenly, as a conductor standing between two choirs …
All these matters of which he spoke are exalted and he said them for your sake, that you may praise with discernment.
Like a wise man, he awakens the watchful to praise, he awakens humanity from their slumber …
Because [the creation] was created in all its variety to serve You, so we are obligated to offer praise as our service.”604
Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty
Notes
604 St. Jacob of Sarug, Homily 106 On psalms: Sing to the Lord a new song (Psalm 1/96, 1/49). See the text of Fr. Paul Bedjan.