The Israelites are encouraged to praise God for what he has done for them:
David, in one of his Psalms, expresses the same sentiments:
I will tell of all your marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
In another Psalm David encourages everyone to praise God at all times:
His praise will always be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall boast in the LORD.
The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
3 Oh magnify the LORD with me.
Let’s exalt his name together.
The prophet Daniel praises God when he shows him the king's dream:
you God of my fathers,
who have given me wisdom and might,
and have now made known to me what we desired of you;
for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”
On more than one occasion, the people praise God after they have seen the miracles that Jesus has done:
43 Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
The apostle Peter says believers should praise God for being called out of darkness: