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The 5th Hallelujah Psalm[a]

150 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his temple.
Praise him high in the sky,
    where he shows his great strength.
Praise God for the great things that he has done.
Praise him because he is great and powerful.
Praise him with music!
Yes! Use trumpets, harps and lyres
    to praise God![b]
Dance and hit drums to praise him!
Make music with harps and flutes
    to praise him!
Make music with big cymbals and small cymbals
    to praise him!
Everything that is alive should praise the Lord.
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

  1. 150:1 This is a special psalm to finish the Book of Psalms.
  2. 150:3 The Israelites had musical instruments that are different from the ones that we use today. We do not always have the right names for them in English.

Psalm 150[a]

150 Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength![b]
Praise him for his mighty acts;
praise him for his surpassing greatness!
Praise him with the blast of the horn;
praise him with the lyre and the harp!
Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing;
praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!
Praise him with loud cymbals;
praise him with clanging cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 150:1 sn Psalm 150. The Psalter concludes with a resounding call for praise from everything that has breath.
  2. Psalm 150:1 tn Heb “the sky of his strength.”