Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
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 high upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let the clash of the loudest music be the Lord's: let the joyful clang of the loftiest notes be all for him. Praise has beaten the timbrel, swept the harp, and sounded the trumpet, and now for a last effort, awakening the most heavy of slumberers, and startling the most indifferent of...
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