Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
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 timbrel and dance. Associated with the deliverance at the Red Sea, this form of worship set forth the most jubilant and exultant of worship. The hands and the feet were both employed, and the entire body moved in sympathy with the members. Are there not periods of life when we feel so glad that we would fain dance for joy?
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.
AI summary
Commenting on Psalm 150:1-6