Psalms 150:3

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Praise	הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ Ha.lu.hu	H1984	to be clear (orig. of sound · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
sound	בְּתֵ֣קַע be.Te.ka'	H8629	a blast of a trumpet · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
trumpet	שׁוֹפָ֑ר sho.Far	H7782	a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn · noun, common masculine singular absolute
praise	הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ ha.Lu.hu	H1984	to be clear (orig. of sound · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
psaltery	בְּנֵ֣בֶל be.Ne.vel	H5035	a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
harp	וְכִנּֽוֹר ve.khi.Nor	H3658	a harp · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Psalms 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalms 81:2-3 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Psalms 98:5-6 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
Psalms 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Numbers 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your b…
1 Chronicles 15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets…
1 Chronicles 15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymb…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 150:1–end

We are here, with the greatest earnestness imaginable, excited to praise God; if, as some suppose, this psalm was primarily intended for the Levites, to stir them up to do their office in the house of the Lord, as singers and players on instruments, yet we must take it as speaking to us, who are made to our God spiritual priests. And the repeated inculcating of the call thus intimates that it is a great and necessary duty, a duty which we should be much employed and much enlarged in, but which we are naturally backward to and cold in, and therefore need to be brought to, and held to, by precept upon precept, and line upon line. Observe here, I. Whence this tribute of praise arises, and out o…

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John Gill on Psalms 150:3

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet,.... Which was used in calling the assembly together, for worship and on other occasions; and at the feast of blowing of trumpets, and in the year of jubilee, Numbers 10:1; and by the priests in temple service, 1 Chronicles 16:6; and was typical of the Gospel, which gives a certain and joyful sound, and is the cause and means of praising God, Isaiah 27:13; praise him with the psaltery; to which psalms were sung; and harp; which were instruments of music, both used in divine worship under the former dispensation; and in which David was well skilled and delighted, and appointed proper persons to praise with them, 1 Chronicles 15:20. They were typical…

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John Calvin on Psalms 150:1–end

Psalm 150:1-6 1. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2. Praise him in, his might; praise him for the plenitude of his greatness. 3. Praise him with sound of trumpet, [306] praise him with psaltry and harp. 4. Praise him with timbrel [307] and pipe, [308] praise him upon chords, [309] and the organ. [310] 5. Praise him upon cymbals of sound, praise him upon cymbals of jubilation [311] 6. Whatsoever breathes, let it praise God. Hallelujah. 1. Praise God in his sanctuary. This psalm in general commends the spiritual worship of God, which consists in sacrifices of praise. By the sanctuary there is little doubt that heaven is here meant, as is often the case e…

The Church Fathers

The trumpet is the contemplative mind or the mind by which the teaching of the spirit is embraced. The harp is the busy mind that is quickened by the commands of Christ.
— Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 150:3-5

Let us praise him on the psaltery and on the harp, supposing that on the harp we may embrace the wood of the cross and on the psaltery we may maintain the universal confession. The sound is harsh because the confession is not held in unity.
— Arnobius the Younger, SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS 150

"Praise Him in the sound of the trumpet" [Psalm 150:3]: on account of the surpassing clearness of note of their praise. "Praise Him in the psaltery and harp." The psaltery praises God from things above, the harp praises God from things below; I mean, from things in heaven, and things in earth, as He who made heaven and earth. We have already in another Psalm, explained that the psaltery has that board, whereon the series of strings rests that it may give a better sound, above, whereas the harp has it below.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 150

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Dictionary and topics

Musical Instruments Of The Hebrews — (There has been great obscurity as to the instruments of music in use among the Hebrews, but the discoveries on the monuments of Egypt and Assyria have thrown much light upon the form and nature of…
Harp · Used in worship — Used in worship
Praise · Accompanied with musical instruments — Accompanied with musical instruments
Psaltery · Used in religious services — Used in religious services

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 150:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 150:1–end

John Gill on Psalms 150:3

John Calvin on Psalms 150:1–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 150:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 150:1–end

John Gill on Psalms 150:3

John Calvin on Psalms 150:1–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 150:3-5

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 150:3