Psalms 150:1
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Revised Version 1895
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 sheweth his handywork.
Psalms 29:9The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and strippeth the forests bare: and in his temple every thing saith, Glory.
Psalms 102:19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Psalms 116:19In the courts of the LORD’S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD.
Ezekiel 1:22And over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, like the colour of the terrible crystal, 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 →