Psa 150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Ver. 3. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet ] With all your might and members, with utmost joy and jollity in the Lord. Lord, I am a musical instrument, saith Nazianzen, for thee to touch, that I may sound forth thy glory and praise (Orat. de Basilio). read more
Psa 150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Ver. 4. Praise him with the timbrel and dance ] Or, pipe. But these are ancient things (as it is said in another case, 1Ch 4:22 ), and now out of date. When the use of these musical instruments crept into the Christian Churches (which was not till lately) great abuses crept in with it; the preaching of the word was changed into songs and anthems, little understood by those that sang them, and that... read more
Psa 150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Ver. 5. Praise him upon the loud cymbals ] These were, saith Cicero (in Pison.), instrumenta aerea, concava, tinnula, in matris Deorum sacris usurpata; bells, some render it. The apostle speaketh of a tinkling cymbal; and a grave divine complaineth, that God cannot please some hearers unless he speak tinkling and tickling words (Dr Stough on 2Ti 1:13 ). read more
Psa 150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. Ver. 6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord ] Or, Let every breath praise the Lord. Tam Dei meminisse opus est quam respirare, saith Chrysostom. We have all as much reason to praise God as we have need to draw breath; our breath should be like the smoke of the tabernacle, or those pillars of incense therehence ascending. Tremellius rendereth it, Tota ipsa anima laudet Iah, Let the very whole soul of... read more
Overview Psalms 150:1, An exhortation to praise God; Psalms 150:3, with all kinds of instruments. read more
Praise ye the Lord: Heb. Hallelujah, Psalms 149:1 in his sanctuary: Psalms 29:9, Psalms 66:13-Nehemiah :, Psalms 116:18, Psalms 116:19, Psalms 118:19, Psalms 118:20, Psalms 134:2 in the firmament: Genesis 1:6-Ruth :, Ezekiel 1:22-:, Ezekiel 10:1, Daniel 12:3 Reciprocal: Job 37:18 - spread Psalms 19:1 - the firmament Psalms 105:45 - Praise ye the Lord Psalms 112:1 - Praise ye the Lord Revelation 19:1 - Alleluia read more
for his mighty: Psalms 145:5, Psalms 145:6, Revelation 15:3, Revelation 15:4 according: Psalms 96:4, Psalms 145:3, Deuteronomy 3:24, Jeremiah 32:17-Psalms : Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 11:7 - General Deuteronomy 32:3 - ascribe Nehemiah 12:27 - thanksgivings Psalms 19:1 - the firmament read more
with the sound: Psalms 81:2, Psalms 81:3, Psalms 98:5, Psalms 98:6, Numbers 10:10, 1 Chronicles 15:24, 1 Chronicles 15:28, 1 Chronicles 16:42, Daniel 3:5 trumpet: or, cornet the psaltery: Psalms 33:2, Psalms 92:3, Psalms 108:2, Psalms 149:3 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:5 - a psaltery 2 Samuel 6:5 - David 2 Samuel 6:15 - the sound 1 Kings 10:12 - harps 1 Chronicles 13:8 - David 1 Chronicles 15:16 - the singers 1 Chronicles 15:21 - harps 1 Chronicles 25:1 - harps 2 Chronicles 5:12 - cymbals 2... read more
with the timbrel: Exodus 15:20 dance: or, pipe, Psalms 149:3, *marg. stringed: Psalms 33:2, Psalms 92:3, Psalms 144:9, Isaiah 38:20, Habakkuk 3:19 organs: Job 30:31 Reciprocal: Judges 11:34 - his daughter Judges 21:21 - dance 2 Samuel 6:14 - danced 1 Chronicles 15:16 - the singers 1 Chronicles 15:29 - dancing Psalms 30:11 - dancing Luke 15:25 - he read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 150:2
Psa 150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Ver. 2. Praise him for his mighty acts ] Those wonderful effects of his creative and providential omnipotence. Praise him according to his excellent greatness ] Or, Greatness of greatness; which yet can never be done, but must be endeavoured. Propound the highest pitch and best patterns. read more