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 f... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. in [the recital of] His mighty acts. MIGHTY ACTS. Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "His might". EXCELLENT. the abundance of His greatness or grandeur.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE. No Art. in Hebrew text.... [ Continue Reading ]
TIMBREL. drum. See note on Exodus 15:20. ORGANS. pipe, or reed (singular, never pl).... [ Continue Reading ]
BREATH. Hebrew. _neshamah_ (see App-16): i.e. in contrast with material instruments. PRAISE THE LORD. Hebrew. _tehallel jah._ PRAISE YE THE LORD. Hebrew. _Halelujah,_ thus fitly closing the Book of Psalms. Compare the endings of the other four books; and see notes on p. 720. _ _... [ Continue Reading ]