Passage Research
Psalm 150 — Sermon Preparation
The grand closing doxology of the Psalter, calling every instrument and every breathing creature to fill the sanctuary and the sky with praise. Below is a research summary for Psalm 150, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 6
- verses
- 37 / 22
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 150 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָלַל | hâlal | H1984 | 13 | be clear, shine |
| יָהּ | Yâhh | H3050 | 3 | Jah |
| צְלָצַל | tsᵉlâtsal | H6767 | 2 | clatter, whirring |
| מֵן | mên | H4482 | 1 | part, chord |
| תֵּקַע | têqaʻ | H8629 | 1 | blast of a trumpet |
| עוּגָב | ʻûwgâb | H5748 | 1 | reed-instrument |
| מָחוֹל | mâchôwl | H4234 | 1 | dance |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 150, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The first and last of the psalms have both the same number of verses, are both short, and very memorable. But the scope of them is very different: the first psalm is an elaborate instruction in our duty, to prepare us for the comforts of our devotion; this is all rapture and transport, and perhaps was penned on purpose to be the conclusion of these sacred songs, to show what is the design of them all, and that is to assist us in praising God. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 150:1–30 (Public Domain)
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