Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 150:5
5Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Psalms 150:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
- New International Version (NIV)praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals!
Context of Psalms 150:5
3Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. 4Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. 6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
Read all of Psalms 150Psalms 150:5 word by word
הַֽלְל֥וּהוּ בְצִלְצְלֵי־שָׁ֑מַע הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּֽצִלְצְלֵ֥י תְרוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 150:5
- 1 Chronicles 15:16David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- 1 Chronicles 16:5Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
- 1 Chronicles 25:1Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
Commentaries on Psalms 150:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Praise him upon the loud cymbals - literally, “the cymbals of sound” or hearing. That is, Let there be audibly expressed joy. The allusion here is to an instrument of music that was most distinctly heard in union with other instruments. The sound of the cymbal would be most clearly audible in its accompaniment of the other instruments referred to, as the sound of cymbals, or as the “triangle” would be now. The Hebrew word rendered cymbal means a tinkling…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The psalmist calls all people to praise God with instruments and dancing. flutes: These are wind instruments (instruments you blow into to make sound). The Bible does not mention them as part of formal temple worship. This suggests they were used more in everyday life or celebrations, rather than in official worship at the temple. clashing cymbals: Temple musicians clapped two bronze bowls together to make a loud sound as part of the music.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. cymbals--suited to loud praise (Ne 12:27).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 5with resounding cymbals Heb. בצלצלי שמע, cymbals that let a sound be heard.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 150
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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