Psalm 150

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 150

The first and last of the psalms have both the same number of verses, are both short, and very memorable. But the scope of them is very different: the first psalm is an elaborate instruction in our duty, to prepare us for the comforts of our devotion; this is all rapture and transport, and perhaps was penned on purpose to be the conclusion of these sacred songs, to show what is the design of them all, and that is to assist us in praising God. The psalmist had been himself full of the praises... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

We are here, with the greatest earnestness imaginable, excited to praise God; if, as some suppose, this psalm was primarily intended for the Levites, to stir them up to do their office in the house of the Lord, as singers and players on instruments, yet we must take it as speaking to us, who are made to our God spiritual priests. And the repeated inculcating of the call thus intimates that it is a great and necessary duty, a duty which we should be much employed and much enlarged in, but which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 150

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 150 This psalm is of the same kind and upon the same subject with the two preceding ones; and very probably was written by the same hand, and about the same time; and is a very proper psalm to conclude this book with, being all praise. Some say F17 Weemse's Christ. Synagog. l. 1. c. 6. s. 4. p. 145. this psalm was sung by the Israelites, when they came with their firstfruits into the sanctuary, with the basket on their shoulders. "Thirteen" times in this short... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 150:1

Praise ye the Lord ,.... Or, "hallelujah"; which, in the Targum, Septuagint, and Vulgate Latin versions, is the title of the psalm; and expresses the subject of it, the praise of the Lord; praise God in his sanctuary ; in the temple, the house of his sanctuary as the Targum and R Judah; or in heaven, as R. Moses, his holy place, where he is praised by holy angels and glorified saints; or in the church below, of which the sanctuary or temple was a type. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 150:2

Praise him for his mighty acts ,.... The creation of all things out of nothing; the sustaining of all beings; the government of the world; the redemption of man by Christ, and the wonderful works done by him on earth; the work of grace upon the hearts of his people, and the preservation of them in grace to glory; praise him according to his excellent greatness ; or, "according to the multitude of his greatness" F20 כרב גדלו "secundum multudinem magnitudinie ejus", V. L. Montanus,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 150:3

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet ,.... Which was used in calling the assembly together, for worship and on other occasions; and at the feast of blowing of trumpets, and in the year of jubilee, Numbers 10:1 ; and by the priests in temple service, 1 Chronicles 16:6 ; and was typical of the Gospel, which gives a certain and joyful sound, and is the cause and means of praising God, Isaiah 27:13 ; praise him with the psaltery ; to which psalms were sung; and harp ; which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 150:4

Praise him with the timbrel and dance ,.... Or "pipe" F21 ומחול "et tibia", Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus. ; See Gill on Psalm 149:3 ; praise him with stringed instruments ; or divers "kinds" F23 במנים "varia symphonia", Cocceius. of instruments not named, as R. Saadiah Gaon; and which, as Aben Ezra says, had all one sound or note; what they were is not known, as also many of them that are particularly mentioned; and organs ; which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 150:5

Praise him upon the loud cymbals ,.... Or "cymbals of hearing" F24 בצלצלי שמע "in cymbalis auditus", Montanus, Vatablus. ; that were heard with pleasure and delight, and afar off: the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, "well sounding cymbals", which give a grateful sound to the ear; these were made of brass, 1 Chronicles 15:19 ; to which the apostle alludes, 1 Corinthians 13:1 ; praise him upon the high sounding, cymbals ; or "cymbals of shouting" F25 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 150:6

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord ,.... Even the brute creatures, as in a preceding; but more especially man, in whom God has breathed the breath of life, and is become not only a living but a rational soul; and more especially spiritual men, converted persons, whether Jews or Gentiles; on whom the Spirit of the Lord has breathed, and whom he has quickened; and who breathe in prayer after divine things; and who also have abundant reason to bless and praise his name for what he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 150

A general exhortation to praise God, Psalm 150:1 , Psalm 150:2 . With the trumpet, psaltery, and harp, Psalm 150:3 . With the timbrel and dance, stringed instruments and organs, Psalm 150:4 . With the cymbals, Psalm 150:5 . All living creatures are called upon to join in the exercise, Psalm 150:6 . This Psalm is without title and author in the Hebrew, and in all the ancient versions. It is properly the full chorus of all voices and instruments in the temple, at the conclusion of... read more

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