Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
Parallel translations
- KJV Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
- BSB Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
- NKJV Praisethe Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament!
- NASB Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse.
- NLT Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heaven!
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Quick answer
The final psalm opens by summoning praise to God both in His earthly sanctuary and in the heavens, celebrating His mighty acts.
Overview
Psalm 150 is the grand doxology that closes the entire Psalter, and verse 1 establishes the scope of praise: it spans heaven and earth, the sanctuary below and the firmament above. God is to be praised both where He meets His people in worship and throughout the whole created order. This universal call anticipates the day when all creation joins in praise around the throne of God and the Lamb (Revelation 5:13).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 149:1Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.
- Ps 134:2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!
- Ps 116:18–19I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
- Ps 29:9Yahweh’s voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, “Glory!”
- Ezek 10:1Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
- Dan 12:3Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
- Ps 118:19–20Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.
- Ps 102:19For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
- Ps 19:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
- Ezek 1:22–26Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched out over their heads above.
- Gen 1:6–8God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
- Ps 66:13–16I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,
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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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