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 occup... [ Continue Reading ]
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 hea... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ACCORD... [ Continue Reading ]
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 pr... [ Continue Reading ]
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;... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ac... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]