Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Parallel translations
- WEB Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of 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 ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
- Ps 134:2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
- Ps 116:18–19I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
- Ps 29:9The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
- Ezek 10:1Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
- Dan 12:3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
- Ps 118:19–20Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
- Ps 102:19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
- Ps 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
- Ezek 1:22–26And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
- Gen 1:6–8And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Ps 66:13–16I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
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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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