1 An exhortation to praise God
3 With all kinds of instruments

praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah Ps 149:1

in his sanctuary Ps 29:9 66:13-16 116:18,19 118:19,20 134:2

in the firmament Ge 1:6-8 Eze 1:22-26 10:1 Da 12:3

2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

for his mighty Ps 145:5,6 Re 15:3,4

according Ps 96:4 145:3 De 3:24 Jer 32:17-19

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

with the sound Ps 81:2,3 98:5,6 Nu 10:10 1Ch 15:24,28 16:42 Da 3:5

trumpet. or, cornet.
the psaltery Ps 33:2 92:3 108:2 149:3

4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

with the timbrel Ex 15:20

dance. or, pipe Ps 149:3

stringed Ps 33:2 92:3 144:9 Isa 38:20 Hab 3:19

organs Job 30:31

5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

the loud cymbals 1Ch 15:16,19,28 16:5 25:1,6

6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

let every thing Ps 103:22 145:10 148:7-11 Re 5:13

CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF PSALMS

The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nations find in these compositions a language at once suitable to their feelings, and expressive of their highest joys and deepest sorrows, as well as of all the endlessly varied wishes and desires of their hearts. Whether the pious believer is disposed to indulge the exalted sentiments of praise and thanksgiving towards the ALMIGHTY FATHER of his being; to pour out his soul in penitence or prayer; to bewail, with tears of contrition, past offences; to magnify the goodness and mercy of GOD; to dwell with ecstasy on the divine attributes of wisdom and omnipotence; or to rejoice in the coming of the MESSIAH, the Psalms afford him the most perfect models for expressing all his feelings.