Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
The Psalm urges us to praise God everywhere: in His sanctuary where His grace concentrates, and in the firmament where His power displays itself. We must observe both the place from which praise arises and the God to whom it ascends.
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Commenting on Psalm 150:1-6
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. With the loudest, clearest note call the people together. Make all men to know that we are not ashamed to worship. Summon them with unmistakable sound to bow before their God. The sound of trumpet is associated with the grandest and most solemn events, such as the giving of the law, the proclamation of jubilee, the coronation...
We are called with utmost earnestness to praise God, a duty we naturally slack in and grow cold toward; thus Scripture presses it upon us, line upon line. Praise Him in His sanctuary where He reveals His glory and distributes His grace, and in the firmament where His power blazes forth.
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Commenting on Psalm 150:1-6