Psalm 150:5 NIV

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 150:5

Spirit. Wind instrument, (Menochius) or man, who is bound to praise God, even more than the angels, as Christ has assumed his nature, and will bring him to sing with them Alleluia. (Worthington) --- Let "all that breathes" praise, (Berthier) including every living creature, (Calmet) as well as the celestial spirits. (Haydock) --- Alleluia is not in Septuagint, Syriac, &c. But it is in the Hebrew, and no word could answer better for a conclusion of the psalms, which are almost wholly... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 150:1-6

Concluding Hymn of Praise. The last Hallelujah Psalm is a fitting doxology for the whole Book of Psalms, proclaiming the place, theme, mode, and extent of God's praise. v. 1. Praise ye the Lord! Praise God in His Sanctuary, in the places set aside for His worship here on earth, no matter where they may be; praise Him in the firmament of His power, which was considered the foundation of the heavens. Earthly and heavenly places of dwelling and worship are mentioned together to indicate the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 150:1-6

Psalms 150:01 Praise ye the Lord.Praise God in his sanctuary:Praise him in the firmament of his power.2 Praise him for his mighty acts:Praise him according to his excellent greatness.3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet:Praise him with the psaltery and harp.4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance:Praise him with stringed instruments and organs.5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals:Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.6 Let everything that hath breath praise... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

the Praise-Songs of God’s People Psalms 149:1-9 ; Psalms 150:1-6 Israel was formed into a nation and delivered from Babylon, that her singers should lead the praises of mankind, and her teachers provide the metaphors and phrases for the world’s religious nurture. “This people have I made for myself,” said the Most High, “that they might show forth my praise.” Is it not also our Christian duty to be joyful in our King? Our religious life has not enough ecstasy and gladness in it to attract... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:1-6

This psalm which concludes the book, and all the Psalter as final doxology, is the most comprehensive, and illuminative illustration of perfect praise in the whole Psalter. In our analysis of it as doxology at the beginning of the book, its essential values are stated. The central place of prayer is the sanctuary, that is, the place of Divine manifestation, whether the earthly temple or the heavenly, matters nothing. The circumference is the firmament of His power which is the outer confine of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 150:1-6

CL. Each book ends with a doxology. Here we have a much longer doxology, which closes Book V and the whole Psalter also. The praise of God begins from His sanctuary, i.e. probably from His sanctuary in heaven, not from the Temple on Zion.( See also Supplement) read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

INTRODUCTIONDean Perowne speaks of this Psalm as “the great closing Hallelujah, or Doxology, of the Psalter, in which every kind of musical instrument is to hear its part as well as the voice of man, in which not one nation only, but ‘everything that hath breath,’ is invited to join. It is one of those Psalms which ‘declare their own intention as anthems, adapted for that public worship which was the glory and delight of the Hebrew people; a worship carrying with it the soul of the multitude by... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

Psalms 150:1-6 Now, again, the final psalm is an exhortation of praise and to praise the Lord in unusual ways, as far as we firstly perhaps are concerned.Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. [And then] Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and the dance: praise him with the stringed... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 150:1-6

The full choir, the full band, and the full heart, are here exhorted to praise the Lord. Surely this, when holy prophets joined in the worship, must resemble heaven itself. But oh how can drunkards, swearers, harlots, and infidels go about polluting churches by singing their Messiah? Psalms 150:3 . Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. Praise him with the psaltery. 1 Samuel 10:5. Praise him with the harp, the kinnor. Psalms 150:4 . Praise him with the timbrel, the tambour. ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 150:1-6

Psalms 150:1-6Praise God in His sanctuary.WorshipI. Its spirit is exultation. Is there gratitude in it? Yes, gratitude of the highest type and degree, and gratitude is an element of joy. Is there admiration in it? Yes, admiration of supreme excellence, and the mind admiring beauty, whether artistic or natural, physical or moral, is the mind in rapture. Is adoration in it? Yes, adoration of the most transcendent order, the adoration of ineffable excellence, and the mind adoring is the mind in... read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 150:5

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 150:1-6

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 150:1-6

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:1-6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 150:1-6

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 150:1-6

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 150:1-6

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