Psalms 150:1

Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Psalms 150:1.-Three strophes of two verses each. The first, where, and on what account, praise is to be given; the third, wherewith it is to be given-with all that have voice or sound. A doxology of thirteen "Hallelujahs" to the whole collection of Psalms. PRAISE GOD IN HIS SANCTUARY (IN HIS TEMPLE ON EARTH: IN CONTRAST TO) PRAISE HIM IN THE FIRMAMENT OF HIS POWER - (Compare Psalms 68:33-19, "His, strength is in the clouds" - margin, 'heavens.' His earthly sanctuary corresponds to the heavenly "expanse" (so the Hebrew for "firmament" means [ raaqiya` (H7549)]), wherein especia...

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 to the heavens without being lost in admiration. As to the interpretation which some give — Praise God, ye angels who inhabit the heavens, and ye men who dwell under the firmament, it is forced and unnatural; for the Psalmist, in order to awaken men who grow languid in God’s praises, bids them lift their eyes towards the heavenly sanctuary. That the majesty of God may be duly reverenced, the Psalm...

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 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 the grand _Hallelujah_, to which the five concluding Psalms belong. Verse...

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 derived means to beat; then, to beat out - that is, to spread out by beating, as gold is; and then, simply to spread out, to expand. Compare...

EXPOSITION COMMENTATORS generally are agreed that this is a most noble psalm, a fit conclusion to the noble collection which here terminates. Professor Cheyne says, "Psalms 150:1 closes this Hallelujah group not less worthily than the whole group concludes the Psalter. It is the finale of the spiritual concert." Hengstenberg observes, "We have here a full-toned call to the praise of God, quite appropriate to the close of this psalm-cycle and of the whole Psalter." The "Four Friends" say, "With these grand words the Psalter closes." Dr. Mason Good points out, as the speciality of the psalm, that it sets before us in detail the various elements of the temple music. "The enraptured minstrel," he remarks, "now rises upon the full stretch of his pinions, and addresses himself to all the powers and faculties of his symphonious brotherhood; to the enchantment of

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 the eastern versions, render it, "in his Holy Ones"; among his saints, in the assembly of them, where he is to be feared and praised: it may be translated, "in his Holy One" r; and be understood of Christ, as it is by Cocceius; who is holy in both his natures, and is often called God's Holy One, and the Holy One of Israel; and whose human nature is a tabernacle or temple, wherein the fulness of the Godhead...

Psalms 150:1. _Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary:_ Notice how, in this last Psalm, it is praise, praise, praise, all the way through. I think we have the word «praise» some thirteen times in the six verses. It is all «praise him, praise him, praise him.» It is not enough to do it once, or twice, we should keep on praising the Lord till we should make the very heavens ring with the music of his praises. «Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary:» that is, in his holy place where he dwells. Begin, ye angels, cherubim, and seraphim, pour forth his praise. Psalms 150:1. _Praise him in the firmament of his power._ Let every star shine forth his praises, and sun and moon cease not to extol him: «Praise him in the firmament of his power.»...

PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Psalms begins and ends with a hallelujah; there are ten hallelujahs. First is a hallelujah which celebrates Himself, He who is the God of Jacob. Precious vision of Him who delights to call Himself “the God of Jacob,” the God who loves the sinner and has redeemed His people. Who is He? The Creator of all, by whom and for whom all things were made (Psalms 146:6). The Lord of judgment and redemption; the Lord who looseth the prisoners, openeth the eyes of the blind, raiseth them that are bowed down--and He will reign for ever. Hallelujah. Psalms 147:1 is the hallelujah for what He has done for Hi

CL. Each book ends with a doxology. Here we have a much longer doxology, which closes Book V and the whole Psalter also. The praise of God begins from His sanctuary, _i.e._ probably from His sanctuary in heaven, not from the Temple on Zion. (_See also Supplement_)...

The fifth of the last five Hallelujah Psalms, answering to the great thought of DEUTERONOMY. Compare Psalms 150:2 with Deuteronomy 3:24, and Deuteronomy 32:43. PRAISE YE THE LORD. Hebrew Hallelu-JAH. App-4. GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. SANCTUARY. The earthly sanctuary and the heavenly: the lower being formed on the pattern of the higher. See Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 9:23. and compare 1 Chronicles 28:13;...