PSALM CL _A general exhortation to praise God_, 1, 2. _With the trumpet, psaltery, and harp_, 3. _With the timbrel and dance, stringed instruments and organs_, 4. _With the cymbals_, 5. _All living creatures are called upon to join in the exercise_. 6. NOTES ON PSALM CL. This Psalm is without... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 150:2. _FOR HIS MIGHTY ACTS_] Whether manifested in creation, government, mercy or justice. _HIS EXCELLENT GREATNESS._] כרב גדלו _kerob gudlo_, according to the multitude of his magnitude, or of his majesty. [Anglo-Saxon]; After the manyfoldness of his mickleness. - Anglo-Saxon. After... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 150:3. _THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET_] שופר _sophar_, from its noble, cheering, and majestic sound; for the original has this ideal meaning. _WITH THE PSALTERY_] נבל _nebel_; the nabla, a hollow stringed instrument; perhaps like the _guitar_, or the old _symphony_. _AND HARP._] כנור _kinn... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 150:4. _PRAISE HIM WITH THE TIMBREL_] תף _toph, drum, tabret_, or _tomtom_, or _tympanum_ of the ancients; a skin stretched over a broad hoop; perhaps something like the _tambarine_. Anglo-Saxon; [A.S.] the _glad pipe_. _Taburne_; Old Psalter. _AND DANCE_] מחול _machol_, the _pipe_. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 150:5. _LOUD CYMBALS_] צלצלים _tseltselim_. Two hollow plates of brass, which, being struck together, produced a sharp clanging sound. This instrument is still in use. What the _high-sounding_ _cymbals_ meant I know not; unless those of a _larger make_, struck above the head, and conseq... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 150:6. _LET EVERY THING THAT HATH BREATH_] Either to make a vocal noise, or a sound by blowing into _pipes, fifes, flutes,_ _trumpets_, c. Let all join together, and put forth all your _strength_ and all your _skill_ in sounding the praises of Jehovah and then let a _universal burst_ wi... [ Continue Reading ]