Psalms 150:5
Praise him with melodious cymbals: praise him with loud cymbals.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
In Context
4Praise him with timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and the organ.
6Let every thing that has breath praise the Lord.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:5And David and the children of Israel were playing before the Lord on well-tuned instruments mightily, and with songs, and with harps, and with lutes, and with drums, and with cymbals, and with pipes.
1 Chronicles 15:16And David said to the chiefs of the Levites, Set your brethren the singers with musical instruments, lutes, harps, and cymbals, to sound aloud with a voice of joy.
1 Chronicles 15:28And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of a horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, playing loudly on lutes and harps.
1 Chronicles 25:1And king David and the captains of the host appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Æman, and of Idithun, prophesiers with harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.
2 Chronicles 5:13And there was one voice in the trumpeting and in the psalm-singing, and in the loud utterance with one voice to give thanks and praise the Lord; and when they raised their voice together with trumpets and cymbals, and instruments of music, and said, Give thanks to the Lord, for it is good, for his mercy endures for ever:—then the house was filled with the cloud of the glory of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 150:2-6
An Invitation to Praise God; All Creatures Called to Praise God. 1 Praise ye the Lord . Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 6 Let every thing that… Read the whole commentary →