Psalm 150:1 NIV

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 150:1

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 150:1

Praise God in his sanctuary - In many places we have the compound word יה - הללו halelu - read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 150:1

Verse 1 1.Praise God in his sanctuary. This psalm in general commends the spiritual worship of God, which consists in sacrifices of praise. By the sanctuary there is little doubt that heaven is here meant, as is often the case elsewhere. The second clause is exegetical, for the same thing is repeated. But for sanctuary we read רקיע, rekia, that is, the expanse of heaven, to which is added the epithet of power, because there we have a proof of the matchless power of God, so that we cannot look... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 150:1

Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary. This is the right rendering, and not that of the Prayer-book Version, "Praise God in his holiness." Israel is called upon to give God praise in his holy temple. Praise him in the firmament of his power ; i.e. in the broad expanse of heaven, the sign and seat of his power. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 150:1

Places to praise God in. "This psalm is a rapture. The poet-prophet is full of inspiration and enthusiasm." Lamartine says, "In this closing psalm we see the almost inarticulate enthusiasm of the lyric poet; so rapidly do the words press to his lips, floating upwards towards God, their Source, like the smoke of a great fire of the soul wafted by the tempest." "In former times, when the casting of church-bells was more of a religious ceremony, this psalm was chanted by the brethren of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

Hallelujah: our life a psalm. There is no distinctive truth taught here; each verse gives utterance to that which has been sung before (see especially Psalms 148:1-14 .). But the strain of the psalm is that of an earnest summons to make the praise of God the prevailing note of our life. Let life be charged and crowned with praise. 1. If regularly at the sanctuary, there in order that it may be offered elsewhere, everywhere. 2. If on the sabbath day, then that it may be... 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

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 150:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 150:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 150:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 150:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 150:1-6

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

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

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