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Psalms 150:6
148:4 Praise him, O highest heaven, King! 12

and you waters above the sky! 149:3 Let them praise his name with danc-
148:5 Let them praise the name of the Lord, ing!
for he gave the command and they came Let them sing praises to him to the ac-
into existence. companiment of the tambourine and
148:6 He established them so they would harp!
endure; 149:4 For the Lord takes delight in his
he issued a decree that will not be re- people;
voked. he exalts the oppressed by delivering
148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth, them.13
you sea creatures and all you ocean 149:5 Let the godly rejoice because of
depths, their vindication!14
148:8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, 
Let them shout for joy upon their beds!15
O stormy wind that carries out his orders, 149:6 May they praise God
148:9 you mountains and all you hills, while they hold a two-edged sword in
you fruit trees and all you cedars, their hand,16
148:10 you animals and all you cattle, 149:7 in order to take17 revenge on the
you creeping things and birds, nations,
148:11 you kings of the earth and all you and punish foreigners.
nations, 149:8 They bind18 their kings in chains,
you princes and all you leaders on the 
and their nobles in iron shackles,
earth, 149:9 and execute the judgment to which
148:12 you young men and young women, their enemies19 have been sentenced.20
you elderly, along with you children! All his loyal followers will be vindicated.21
148:13 Let them praise the name of the Praise the Lord!
Lord,
for his name alone is exalted; Psalm 15022
his majesty extends over the earth and sky. 150:1 Praise the Lord!
148:14 He has made his people victorious, Praise God in his sanctuary!
and given all his loyal followers reason Praise him in the sky, which testifies to
to praise his strength!23
the Israelites, the people who are close 150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts!
to him. 
Praise him for his surpassing greatness!
Praise the Lord! 150:3 Praise him with the blast of the
Psalm 149 horn!
Praise him with the lyre and the harp!
149:1 Praise the Lord! 150:4 Praise him with the tambourine and
Sing to the Lord a new song! with dancing!
Praise him in the assembly of the godly!10 Praise him with stringed instruments and
149:2 Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! the flute!
Let the people11 of Zion delight in their 150:5 Praise him with loud cymbals!
Praise him with clanging cymbals!
sn The water mentioned here corresponds to the wa- 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise
ters above mentioned in Gen 1:7. See also Ps 104:3. For a the Lord!
discussion of the picture envisioned by the psalmist, see L. I. Praise the Lord!
J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 47.
tn Or forever and ever. 12sn The Lord is the King here, as the parallelism in the
tn Heb and it will not pass away. previous line (their creator) indicates.
tn In Ps 119:83 the noun refers to smoke, but here, 13tn Heb he honors the oppressed [with] deliverance.
where the elements of nature are addressed, the clouds, 14tn Heb in glory. Here glory probably refers to the
which resemble smoke, are probably in view. honor that belongs to the Lords people as a result of their
tn Heb [that] does his word. deliverance (see v. 4).
tn Or judges. 15tn The significance of the reference to beds is unclear.
tn Heb and he lifted up a horn for his people. The horn of Perhaps the point is that they should rejoice at all times, even
an ox underlies the metaphor (see Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; when falling asleep or awaking.
16tn Heb [May] praises of God [be] in their throat, and a
Ps 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor
for military strength; the idiom exalt/lift up the horn signi- two-edged sword in their hand.
fies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 89:17, 24; 17tn Heb to do.
92:10; Lam 2:17). Another option is to take the horn as a 18tn Heb to bind.
symbol for the Davidic king, through whom the Lord gives his 19tn Heb they; the referent (the enemies of the people of
people military victory. God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
tn [there is] praise for all his loyal followers, to the sons 20tn Heb to do against them judgment [that] is written.
of Israel, the people near him. Here praise stands by me- 21tn Heb it is honor for all his godly ones. The judgment
tonymy for the victory that prompts it. of the oppressive kings will bring vindication and honor to
sn Psalm 149. The psalmist calls upon Gods people to Gods people (see vv. 4-5).
praise him because he is just and avenges them. 22sn Psalm 150. The Psalter concludes with a resounding
10tn Heb his praise in the assembly of the godly ones. call for praise from everything that has breath.
11tn Heb sons. 23tn Heb the sky of his strength.