Psalm 150

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 150:6

Persons and things that should unite in God's praise. "It is difficult to conceive how any man who believes in God can need to be reminded of the duty of praise. In every age and country the adoration of the Supreme Being has risen with the illumination of the human mind, and borne a very exact proportion to its restoration in the Divine image." "Our whole life should speak forth our thankfulness." "Let all the breath [i.e. the entirety of animate creation] praise Jehovah." If a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150

This beautiful and animated psalm closes the series of the Hallelujah Psalms Ps. 146–150, and appropriately also closes the entire volume. Its author is unknown, but in respect to the object for which it was composed there can be no uncertainty. It was manifestly designed, whoever wrote it, to occupy the very place which it does occupy - to complete the volume devoted to praise. Praise is the suitable ending of the book; praise is what the Spirit of inspiration meant to secure in the heart and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:1

Praise ye the Lord - See the notes at Psalms 146:1.Praise God in his sanctuary - His holy place; the place where he dwells. The allusion here is, probably, to the temple, the place of his abode on earth.Praise him in the firmament of his power - The whole expression is equivalent to earth and heaven; Praise him on earth; praise him in heaven. The word rendered firmament is the same which is used in Genesis 1:6. It properly means an expanse - a thing spread out. The verb from which the word is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:2

Praise him for his mighty acts - See the notes at Psalms 145:4 : “One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.” The Hebrew word is the same. The reference is to that which displays the power of God; the things which manifest his omnipotence.Praise him according to his excellent greatness - Hebrew, the multitude of his greatness. Let the praise in elevation correspond with this; let it be such as shall properly express this; let all be employed that will... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:3

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet - Margin, cornet. In this verse and the verses following there is an allusion to the instruments of music which were commonly employed in Hebrew worship. The idea is, that all these - all that could properly express praise - should be used to celebrate the praises of God. Each one, with its own distinct note, and all combined in harmony, should be employed for this purpose. Most of these instruments, and many more, are now combined in the organ, where... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:4

Praise him with the timbrel - Hebrew, תף tôph. See this described in the notes at Isaiah 5:12. It is rendered tabret and tabrets in Genesis 31:27; 1Sa 10:5; 1 Samuel 18:6; Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 24:8; Isaiah 30:32; Jeremiah 31:4; Ezekiel 28:13; timbrel and timbrels in Exodus 15:20; Jdg 11:34; 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Job 21:12; Psalms 81:2; Psalms 149:3; and in the margin in Jeremiah 31:4. The word does not occur elsewhere. It was an instrument that was struck with the hands.And dance -... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:5

Praise him upon the loud cymbals - literally, “the cymbals of sound” or hearing. That is, Let there be audibly expressed joy. The allusion here is to an instrument of music that was most distinctly heard in union with other instruments. The sound of the cymbal would be most clearly audible in its accompaniment of the other instruments referred to, as the sound of cymbals, or as the “triangle” would be now. The Hebrew word rendered cymbal means a tinkling, clanging, ringing, as of metal, or of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:6

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord - All living things in the air, the earth, the waters. Let there be one universal burst of praise. Let his praises be celebrated not only with instruments of music, but let all living beings unite in that praise; let a breathing universe combine in one solemn service of praise.Praise ye the Lord - Hallelu-jah. Thus, at the end of all the trials, the conflicts, the persecutions, the sorrows, the joys recorded in this book, the psalmist gives... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 150

A.M. 2959. B.C. 1045. This is likewise a Psalm of praise, in which the author calls upon men to magnify the Lord in every thing, in or by which he hath chosen to manifest his glory, Psalms 150:1 , Psalms 150:2 ; and upon every kind of instrument, Psalms 150:3-5 . He concludes the book by calling upon every thing that hath breath, to employ that breath in declaring the glory of him who gave it, Psalms 150:6 . read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 150:1

Psalms 150:1. Praise God in his sanctuary In his temple, where this work was to be performed constantly and solemnly. Let his priests and people that attend there, attend him with their praises. Where should he be praised, if not where he in a special manner both manifests his glory and communicates his grace? Or praise him for, or on account of, his sanctuary, and the great privileges that we enjoy by having it among us. Or, as בקדשׁו , may be rendered, for his holiness; that is, for... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 150:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 150:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 150

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 150:1

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