Psalms 150 KJV
Let Everything Praise the Lord
About This Psalm
The grand finale - praise Him with every instrument! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. The Bible's final 'Amen.'
1raise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
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Did You Know?
Psalm 150 functions as the grand finale to the five-book structure of the Psalter, paralleling the doxologies at the end of each book and evoking the five books of the Torah.
The dual locations for praise. In the sanctuary and in the firmament. Symbolize the correspondence between the earthly temple and the heavenly realm in ancient Israelite cosmology.
By enumerating a diverse array of musical instruments, the psalm portrays praise as an all-encompassing activity that engages the full spectrum of human artistry and emotion.
The closing verse's reference to 'everything that hath breath' echoes the creation narrative in Genesis, implying that the act of praising God fulfills the very essence of human existence breathed by the Creator.
Unlike most psalms, this chapter contains no petitions, complaints, or historical recollections, consisting solely of unadulterated calls to worship that model pure adoration.