Psalms 150 · Verse 1

Psalms 150:1

Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Psalms 150:1, King James Version

Psalms 150:1 in other translations

BSBHallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
WEBPraise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
ASVPraise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power.
YLTPraise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength.
DARBYHallelujah! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power.
BBELet the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his holy place: give him praise in the heaven of his power.
WebsterPraise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

What does Psalms 150:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Psa 150:1-6. This is a suitable doxology for the whole book, reciting the "place, theme, mode, and extent of God's high praise."

1. in his sanctuary--on earth. firmament of his power--which illustrates His power.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

A general exhortation to praise God, Psa 150:1, Psa 150:2. With the trumpet, psaltery, and harp, Psa 150:3. With the timbrel and dance, stringed instruments and organs, Psa 150:4. With the cymbals, Psa 150:5. All living creatures are called upon to join in the exercise, Psa 150:6. 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 1 Praise God in his sanctuary - In many places we have the compound word יה-הללו halelu-yah, praise ye Jehovah; but this is the first place in which we find אל-הללו halelu-el, praise God, or the strong God. Praise him who is Jehovah, the infinite and self-existent Being; and praise him who is God, El or Elohim, the great God in covenant with mankind, to bless and save them unto eternal life. In his sanctuary - in the temple; in whatever place is dedicated to his service. Or, in his holiness - through his own holy influence in your hearts. The firmament of his power - Through the whole expanse, to the utmost limits of his power. As רקיע rakia is the firmament of vast expanse that surrounds the globe, and probably that in which all the celestial bodies of the solar system are included, it may have that meaning here. Praise him whose power and goodness extend through all worlds; and let the inhabitants of all those worlds share in the grand chorus, that it may be universal.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
A psalm of praise. --We are here stirred up to praise God. Praise God for his sanctuary, and the privileges we enjoy by having it among us; praise him because of his power and glory in the firmament. Those who praise the Lord in heaven, behold displays of his power and glory which we cannot now conceive. But the greatest of all his mighty acts is known in his earthly sanctuary. The holiness and the love of our God are more displayed in man's redemption, than in all his other works. Let us praise our God and Saviour for it. We need not care to know what instruments of music are mentioned. Hereby is meant that in serving God we should spare no cost or pains. Praise God with strong faith; praise him with holy love and delight; praise him with entire confidence in Christ; praise him with believing triumph over the powers of darkness; praise him by universal respect to all his commands; praise him by cheerful submission to all his disposals; praise him by rejoicing in his love, and comforting ourselves in his goodness; praise him by promoting the interests of the kingdom of his grace; praise him by lively hope and expectation of the kingdom of his glory. Since we must shortly breathe our last, while we have breath let us praise the Lord; then we shall breathe our last with comfort. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Such is the very suitable end of a book inspired by the Spirit of God, written for the work of praise; a book which has supplied the songs of the church for more than three thousand years; a book which is quoted more frequently than any other by Christ and his apostles; a book which presents the loftiest ideas of God and his government, which is fitted to every state of human life, which sets forth every state of religious experience, and which bears simple and clear marks of its Divine origin.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 150:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַ֥לְלוּHa.lupraiseH1984
יָ֨הּ\׀yahYahwehH3050
הַֽלְלוּ\־ha.lu-praiseH1984
אֵ֥ל'elGodH410
בְּקָדְשׁ֑וֹbe.ka.de.Shoin sanctuary hisH6944
הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּha.Lu.hupraise himH1984
בִּרְקִ֥יעַbir.Ki.a'in [the] firmament ofH7549
עֻזּֽוֹ\׃u.Zostrength hisH5797

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 150:1

  • Psalms 149:1

    Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

  • Psalms 134:2

    Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

  • Psalms 116:18-19

    I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people, In the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Psalms 29:9

    The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

  • Daniel 12:3

    And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

  • Ezekiel 10:1

    Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • Psalms 118:19-20

    Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord: This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.

  • Psalms 102:19

    For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

  • Ezekiel 1:22-26

    And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. …

  • Psalms 19:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

  • Genesis 1:6-8

    And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

  • Psalms 66:13-16

    I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 An exhortation to praise God;
3 with all kinds of instruments.

Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.
149:1
in his sanctuary.
29:9; 66:13-16; 116:18,19; 118:19,20; 134:2
in the firmament.
Ge 1:6-8; Eze 1:22-26; 10:1; Da 12:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 150:1

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

  • Psalms 150:2

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

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Psalms 150:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aleluya. ALABAD á Dios en su santuario: alabadle en la extensión de su fortaleza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Louez Jah. Louez ✶Dieu dans son saint lieu! Louez-le dans le firmament de sa force!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Lobet Gott in seinem Heiligtum; lobet ihn in der Feste seiner Stärke!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Alleluja. Laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus; laudate eum in firmamento virtutis ejus.