150 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

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

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

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

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

Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

150 1 An exhortation to praise the Lord without cease by all manner of ways for all his mighty and wonderful works.

Praise ye the Lord.

Praise ye God in his [a]Sanctuary: praise ye him in the [b]firmament of his power.

Praise ye him in his mighty Acts: praise ye him according to his excellent greatness.

Praise ye him in the sound of the [c]trumpet: praise ye him upon the viol and the harp.

Praise ye him with timbrel and flute: praise ye him with virginals and organs.

Praise ye him with sounding cymbals: praise ye him with high sounding cymbals.

Let everything that hath [d]breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 150:1 That is, in the heaven.
  2. Psalm 150:1 For his wonderful power appeareth in the firmament, which in Hebrew is called a stretching out, or spreading abroad, wherein the mighty work of God shineth.
  3. Psalm 150:3 Exhorting the people only to rejoice in praising God, he maketh mention of those instruments which by God’s commandment were appointed in the old Law, but under Christ the use thereof is abolished in the Church.
  4. Psalm 150:6 He showeth that all the order of nature is bound to this duty, and much more God’s children, who ought never to cease to praise him, till they be gathered into that kingdom, which he hath prepared for his, where they shall sing everlasting praise.