Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!
- BSB Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
- NKJV Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
- NASB Everything that has breath shall praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
- NLT Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord!
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Quick answer
The Psalter closes by calling everything that has breath to praise the Lord, ending the whole book on a note of universal worship.
Overview
This climactic verse extends the summons beyond instruments and Israel to every living creature: the very gift of breath is reason to praise its Giver. As the final line of the entire book of Psalms, it sums up their great purpose, the praise of God. It looks ahead to the consummation when all creation will join in unending worship of God and the Lamb (Revelation 5:13).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 145:21My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
- Rev 5:13And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
- Ps 103:22Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
- Ps 145:10All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
- Ps 148:7–11Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
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