Psalms 150:1
Praise ye LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary. Praise him in the firmament of his power.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
In Context
2Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Cross References
Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork.
Psalms 29:9The voice of LORD makes the hinds to calve, and strips the forests bare. And in his temple everything says, Glory.
Psalms 102:19For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven LORD beheld the earth,
Psalms 116:19in the courts of LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye LORD.
Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye LORD.
Ezekiel 1:22And over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, like awesome crystal to look upon, stretched forth over their heads above.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 150:1
The first and last of the psalms have both the same number of verses, are both short, and very memorable. But the scope of them is very different: the first psalm is an elaborate instruction in our duty, to prepare us for the comforts of our devotion; this is all rapture and transport, and perhaps was penned on purpose to be the conclusion of these sacred songs, to show what is the design of them all, and that is to assist us in praising God. The psalmist had been himself full of the praises of God, and here he… Read the whole commentary →