PRAISE THE LORD!

Psalm 150:1-6 / Keywords 150:6

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

 

Psalm 150

1 Praise the Lord.[a]

Praise God in his sanctuary;

    praise him in his mighty heavens.

2 Praise him for his acts of power;

    praise him for his surpassing greatness.

3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

    praise him with the harp and lyre,

4 praise him with timbrel and dancing,

    praise him with the strings and pipe,

5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,

    praise him with resounding cymbals.

6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

a. Psalm 150:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 6

1. Psalm 150 is a triumphant and exuberant call to worship the LORD. It is a glorious exclamation point that closes a deep and satisfying journey in our relationship with God throughout the Psalms. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! We are to worship the LORD absolutely everywhere. We are to praise him here on earth as well as in the mighty heavens. We are to praise him for everything he has done and for all that he is. We praise him for his acts of power, the greatest of which is the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the grave. We praise the LORD for all his wonderful and inexhaustible attributes. We worship him for his love and grace and exalt him for his justice and mercy.

 

2. From trumpets to lyres and from timbrels to cymbals, we are to praise God with all kinds of instruments. Our worship is to be exhilarating, diverse, and vibrant. There is no limit to place, reason, or instruments in our worship of the LORD. There is no limit to who should worship the LORD either. The psalmist writes, “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.” The one who blessed us with breath is the same one who should be exalted with that breath. Our worship of God should come as naturally to us as breathing itself. Let us rise and praise the LORD now and forever!

 

Prayer Father, we pray that your name may be exalted in all places and by all your people.

One Word Let everything praise the LORD!