NOTES for Psa 150

¹Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

²Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

³Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

⁴Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

⁵Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

⁶Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

The joyful call to praise the Lord uses few words, but by listening closely we can not only share the feelings that overflow the singer, but also see that those feelings neither deprive him of reason nor prevent him in any way from understanding the meaning of what he sings. First of all, he invites us to praise God for His attributes: holiness, strength, power, and majesty; only then does he name the instruments with which praise may be offered. And after the call addressed to the crown of creation—to human beings—the call is addressed to everything that breathes, to the natural world over which God has placed humanity.

Neither the joyful acceptance of God and the world He created, nor a reasoned understanding of God's wisdom manifested in creation, contradicts the other. For reason is a gift from God.

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For Psa 150

¹Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

²Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

³Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

⁴Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

⁵Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

⁶Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

A person who admires something or someone often cannot find the words to express his feelings. He looks around... Read more

A person who admires something or someone often cannot find the words to express his feelings. He looks around and fixes his gaze on everything that comes into view, repeating the same thing several times in order to convey to others what he feels, sees, and has experienced. Repeating it again and again, he becomes convinced that words are powerless to express what is happening. The ability to put what one sees into words is a rare gift. What, then, can be said of a person’s attempt to speak of his adoration of God? Inexpressible in words, He is worthy of worship and admiration. And as he looks at ordinary musical instruments, the psalmist tries to share with us his gift of praising the One who alone is worthy of praise.

Matthew 7:24-27

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