Psalm 150
C.S. Lewis talked about the writers of the psalms, whose appetite for God “has all the cheerful spontaneity of a natural, even a physical, desire.” The psalmists are “glad and rejoice” (Psalm 9:2 and 31:7). They command the “psaltery and harp” to wake up (Psalm 57:8 and 108:2). They tell us to “make a joyful noise unto the Lord" (Psalm 100:1). And in this, the final psalm, they urge us to praise God with loud cymbals, stringed instruments, trumpet, and dance. The poetry of the KJV captures well what Lewis called a “characteristically Hebraic delight or gusto.”
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Praise ye the Lord.
Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. |