Psalms 150:1-6

This is 'the grand Finale of the spiritual concert,' and worthily closes not only this little Hallelujah group, but the whole Psalter.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 150:3

TRUMPET] i.e. _Shopher,_ a kind of horn. PSALTERY] i.e. _Nebhel,_ a species of harp, or guitar, or lyre, with a bulging resonance box at one end. HARP] i.e. _Kinnor,_ the most ancient form of harp; a lyre.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 150:4

TIMBREL] i.e. _Toph,_ a circlet of wood covered with skin and ornamented with brass bells; tambourine. STRINGED INSTRUMENTS] i.e. _Minnim,_ properly, 'strings,' i.e. of a harp. ORGANS] RV 'the pipe,' i.e. _Ugabh,_ perhaps a Pan's pipe: cp. Genesis 4:21.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 150:5

CYMBALS] i.e. _Tseltselim,_ evidently of two kinds.' HIGH SOUNDING] cp. 1 Corinthians 13:1. _6._ The climax is reached. 'Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah.'... [ Continue Reading ]

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