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 q this psalm was sung by the Isr... [ Continue Reading ]
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,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 gr... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Gosp... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAISE HIM WITH THE TIMBREL AND DANCE,.... Or "pipe" u; Psalms 149:3; PRAISE HIM WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS; or divers "kinds" w 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 particul... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAISE HIM UPON THE LOUD CYMBALS,.... Or "cymbals of hearing" x; 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 a... [ Continue Reading ]
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;... [ Continue Reading ]