PSALM 150.
The argument of this Psalm is the same with that of the former.
Hallelujah.
Psalm 150:1-6 |
1. Praise God in his sanctuary : praise him in the firmament of his power. 2. Praise him in, his might; praise him for the plenitude of his greatness. 3. Praise him with sound of trumpet,1 praise him with psaltry and harp. 4. Praise him with timbrel2 and pipe,3 praise him upon chords,4 and the organ.5 5. Praise him upon cymbals of sound, praise him upon cymbals of jubilation6 6. Whatsoever breathes, let it praise God. Hallelujah. |
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1 "The trumpets of the last Temple were probably formed after the ancient model; and as these are represented among the spoils of that Temple on the Triumphal Arch of Titus at Rome, we are enabled to see that they were long straight trumpets, of a form which has always been and continues to be common... Trumpets and horns are the only instruments concerning which any directions are given in the law. 'In the infancy of a state,' says Burney, 'a nation has but little leisure for cultivating music any otherwise than as it is connected with religious rites and the military art ;' and it is thus that he accounts for the fact, that (with the exception of Miriam's timbrel) no instruments but horns and trumpets are noticed in the Law. And, indeed, it may be said that they are scarcely mentioned as musical instruments, but as suited to and employed for making signals, calls, and conveying instructions during the religious solemnities, and in the field of war... It is clear, however, that trumpets and cornets were introduced into the musical choirs in the time of David; while they still continued to be employed in their former service. The following particulars concerning the use of trumpets in the Temple will be useful, and are collected chiefly from Lightfoot's 'Temple Service.' The trumpets were sounded exclusively by the priests who stood not in the Levitical choir, but apart and opposite to the Levites, on the other side of the altar, both parties looking towards it--the priests on the west side, and the Levites on the east. The trumpets did not join in the concert; but were sounded during certain regulated pauses in the vocal and instrumental music."--Illustrated Commentary upon the Bible..
2 See footnote 293, Psalm 149:3.
3 See footnote 292, Psalm 149:3.
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5 The Hebrew name is
6 Of the Hebrew musical instrument called