Bless the Lord, O house of Israel! Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron!
Parallel translations
- WEB House of Israel, praise Yahweh! House of Aaron, praise Yahweh!
- KJV Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
- BSB O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;
- NASB ¶House of Israel, bless the Lord; House of Aaron, bless the Lord;
- NLT O Israel, praise the Lord! O priests—descendants of Aaron—praise the Lord!
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Quick answer
The houses of Israel and Aaron are summoned to praise Yahweh together.
Overview
The psalm closes with a sweeping call to worship addressed to the whole covenant community. The house of Israel represents the people as a whole and the house of Aaron the priesthood, each invited to bless the Lord. This corporate praise anticipates the worship of God's people gathered around their great High Priest, Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 115:9–11Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
- Ps 148:14He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!
- Ps 118:1–4Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
- Ps 147:19–20He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
- Ps 145:10All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.
- Rev 19:5A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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