2 Praise him in his noble acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Glory was given Him in the highest, when He came down from Heaven to Earth, GOD MANIFEST IN FLESH! in what Aether of Light or Cavern of Smoke and Gloom shall we be, when we must breathe in this Air no longer! — How dreadful looks the Power of GOD in our Air in those Descriptions which He himself has given us of it! 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances: praise him upon the strings and pipe. "And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above" (Ezekiel 1:22). Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. How The dumb Creatures praise GOD in their Manner, for the Firmament which they breathe and feed in. xii. *Magnetism, or what shall we call their unknown mutual Influence on each other! For His powerful deeds on behalf of men and for His . You see here, that the Firmament is the Book and School of JESUS CHRIST, and he sends us to it to learn respecting himself; and to Him, who is ascended above all Heavens, we must be looking thro' it. Secondly, While GOD continues us in these animal dying Bodies, we must devoutly consider GOD's Firma∣ment as the great MEDIUM and Instrument of his con∣veying to our World (and to what other Worlds we know not, but have Reason to think the same re∣specting many others) his immense Benefits and Bounties of a temporal and earthly Kind, for the Preservation of our Lives, and for our daily and yearly Supplies with all the Necessaries and Comforts of them. This concluding crescendo is full-toned and jubilant. 24,—33. far above all Heavens, GOD went up with a Shout; the LORD with the Sound of the Trum∣pet! xvi. 4. lxviii. Amos ix. the Skies seem to dissolve, and the Elements to melt with fer∣vent Heat*. “Sanctuary … firmament of his power”: “Sanctuary” most likely refers to the temple in Jerusalem, so the sense would be “Praise God on earth and in heaven”. Everything that breathes (verse 6). (Psalm 29:2) Praise ye the LORD. Praise him for his mighty Acts, praise him according to his excellent Greatness; praise him on the. GOD girds us with Strength and makes our Way perfect, he teaches our Hands to War, and a Bow of Steel is broken by our Arms; his Gentleness makes us great. SO the Book of Psalms ends; so the last of the great Hallelujah* begins. Praise ye the LORD. His mighty acts have all been to benefit mankind. The Sun it self is darkned, and the Moon turns into Blood; the Stars seem to go out or fall, and the Powers of Heaven to shake! When. Praise GOD in his Sanctuary, PRAISE HIM IN THE FIRMAMENT OF HIS POWER. Praise him with the sound of the Trumpet: Praise him with the Psalterie and Harp.3 Praise him with the timbrell and dance: praise him with stringed instruments, and Organ. hymn is certainly prophetic of a day when every creature will in fact bow in Page 15it not; save by Divine Revelation to us, and Illu∣mination in us. Praise him in the firmament of his power. 18:6). 24.) . GOD spake to them out of the Whirlwind, concerning his POWER and sovereign Dominion, and they fell adoring in Silence and Self-abhorrence; Your Bibles, my dear Hearers; and the SPIRIT OF GOD within you, you Children of the MOST HIGH; di∣rect and teach you to be daily reading through the vast As רקיע rakia is the firmament of vast expanse that surrounds the globe, and probably that in which all the celestial bodies of the solar system are included, it may have that meaning here. Everywhere, from His sanctuary of earth to His heavenly And GOD said, "let there be a Firmament, and GOD called the Firmament Heaven. Without it, none of the Works of GOD could be beheld by us; for it is made for a Medium of Vision, for the Passage of Light to our Eyes; and so Day after Day utters this Speech, calling on us to. The last psalm also contains six verses but speaks of the God who is Praise [H8761] H410 God H6944 in his sanctuary H1984 : praise [H8761] H7549 him in the firmament H5797 of his power. When he prepared the Heavens I was there; when he set a Compass on the Face of the Deep! — We know that if a City or Town be on Fire here, and the Flames prevail but through a few Streets together, the very Fir∣mament over us disappears! moves upon the Ground with Ease and Safety. Are even something that we can understand. In this Firmament of God's Power the Vapours and Clouds have their Motions; the Dews also and the Rains; "The small and great Rains of GOD's Strength"; his Treasures of Snow and Hail, his Lightnings and Thunders; his Tempest and Whirlwind which takes us as Stubble; the LORD has his Way in it. i. When Moses wrote of GOD'S Power in the Sea, he says—"And GOD created great Whales; they being in Bulk the greatest of any moving Creature that hath Life: How much more may we admire the great Power of GOD in the Compass of the Sea it self? His John. Praise the LORD from the Earth, ye Dragons and all Deeps, Mountains and all Hills, fruitful Trees and all Cedars, Beasts and all Cat∣tle, creeping Things and flying Fowl. Praise ye the LORD. sanctuary is His church. This breath is the spirit that 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: praise him upon the lute and harp. give us a new Idea of a World without Thou takest away their Breath, they die and return to their Dust. should praise God? Learning from King Jehoshaphat in Understanding the Power of Praise. The Praises we should render him on this Account. âLet everything that Hath breath praise the Lordâ. the like. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 2:11; Rev. He is all things combined that make up perfect goodness. lengthy doxology for the final chapter. firmament of his power.". Or if we go on to speak of the WORD they preach, it is as a Light that shineth in a dark Place: or if we speak of the Gifts and Graces of the SPIRIT in 'em, or exercis'd in their Ministry, these render 'em so many burning and shining Lights to and in the Churches to whom they minister: And finally, the Work of Grace begun and increasing in the Soul of every private Christian, and exhibited in their holy Life and Conversation, makes them LIGHT IN THE LORD; holding forth the Power and Efficacy of the Word of Life, and making them shine as Lights in the World; in Family-Order, in Church-Order, in Sabbath-Sanctification which belongs to both; and this "Path of the Just shines on unto the perfect Day. — But on the contrary. saints. 4 Praise him with timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and the organ. 4 Praise him with the timbrel … The Call to praise GOD is here loud and trebled; as Isaiah and afterwards John the beloved Disciple, saw and heard the Seraphims cry before the Throne three Times,— Holy, holy, holy — ‖ GOD displays the Power of his Firmament in these Instances, ver. Lo he doth send forth his Voice, and that a mighty Voice! Psalm 150:1 "Praise ye the LORD. blessed. Also, in Psalm 150:1, “Praise ye the LORD. The Power of GOD it it: And 3. the Light of the World, the Sun of Righteousness, them that minister to the Heirs of Salvation, Angels, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, Pastors. Praise God in his sanctuary, praise him in the firmament of his power. *Elasticity or Spring in the Air which insensibly yeilds to Bodies in their Motion, and yet strongly closes round them and holds them in their Motion; which is the wondrous Power of GOD exerted in it thro' all Spaces; but to us most sensibly (and yet insensibly) in our own Atmosphere, which cleaves to our Earth and moves with it, even as our Skin or Clothes with our Bodies; by which Means we are insensible of the diurnal and annual Motion of our Earth; notwith∣standing the Velocity and Force thereof.—The Pillars of it seem to tremble in the furious stormy Season, and the Atmosphere appears at Times to be rending asunder; but GOD has fastned the Foundations of both alike in his own Power, and they are preserv'd. Job. Psalm 150:1 Parallel Commentaries. dissolve, and the Elements to melt with fer∣vent Heat, has made it deep and large! — And if this be good Philosophy, no Wonder that the next Emblem of the caeles∣tial State is, "a holy City, New-Jerusalem, descending from GOD, with his Glory on it; its Walls of Jasper, its Gates Pearls, its Streets Gold, all transparent! for Swift∣ness, Constancy, Order and Use! Who has sentPage 12him out free? — The Air is made for Sound; and to be sure therefore first of all to make the high PRAISES of GOD to be heard among us and from us. should God be praised? Behold he spreadeth his Light upon it, it covers, Sing unto GOD, ye Kingdoms of the Earth, O sing Praises to the LORD, Selah! And First, The immeasurable Extent and Comprehension of the Firmament, the Height and Depth, Length and Breadth of it, speaks the infinite Power of GOD: Who with a Word's speaking could spread abroad such an Ex∣panse around so many Spheres and Worlds, which are themselves of vast Dimensions, and yet are all incircled and contain'd therein. We may however by Faith, in Contemplation. 8,—16. 22. Praise Him ye Heaven of Heavens, and ye Waters that be above the Hea∣vers! Verses 1-6: Psalms closes with magnificence and majesty. We and all the Creatures round about us live by Breathing; we breathe in and out the Air, which is therefore truly called the Breath of Life; breathed by GOD (as Moses tells us) into the Nostril of Man in the Day wherein he was created. 1 Praise ye the Lord. 29. 5:8-14). Where MAN moves upon the Ground with Ease and Safety, and so the Creatures put under his Feet, by reason of the Equilibrium or Balance in the Air, without which he and they would fall and be crush'd to Pieces every Step they take.— So 'tis that GOD girds us with Strength and makes our Way perfect, as we read in the xviii. and the Na∣tions shall come to thy Light, and Kings to the Brightness of thy Rising. If Yahweh i… We also see that it is Praise ye the LORD. Verses 1-6 (see note on Psalm 146:1-10). Psal. O the dire Remembrance then of a past Day of Grace, and past Means of Salvation, and despised Sabbaths! 1. Isai. should God be praised? As to the invisible World, if Hell be without a Firmament, a Firmament of Glory will be found in Heaven. Canst thou set the Dominion of them in the Earth? Some of these Globes our Eyes can reach, and Art can measure in an imperfect Manner; and what more and greater are beyond our Sight, we may imagine, but can never know in these mortal Bodies.—But whatever this Space be; which we call Firmament, or whatever Worlds like this Earth of ou be contained in it; Moses has let us know from GOD, that the LORD himself and alone made it, on the second Day, by the Word of his Power; as he did the Light before it, and the Seas and dry Land after it; For so we read, Gen. 1.6. Psalm 150: The first psalm contains only six verses and speaks of the man who is He scorneth the Multitude of the City, nor regards the Crying of the Driver: The Range of the Mountains is his Pasture, and he searcheth after every green Thing. His Hands also (says my Context) are made to praise upon the Psaltery and Harp, the stringed Instruments and Or∣gans: His Feet also in the Dance of old, as the King of Israel before the Ark of the LORD. Who Praise the Lord. Psalm 150:4 "Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed Go to Previous Section | summoned to raise its voice, and every heart and tongue engages to help the cxlvi. Thirdly, Let what has been said of the visible Firma∣ment lead us into the Contemplation of GOD's spiritual Kingdom, both of Grace and Judgment, visible and in∣visible, present and future. to praise Him, is the voice of man. named. Great is our LORD, and of great POWER, his Understanding is infinite, Psal. The. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Thirdly, The Power of GOD is seen in this Firmament of Air about us, in that our Life and the Life of all Animals; "Beasts and all Cattle, creeping Things and flying Fowl," is sustained and upheld by this Provision for their common Breath. And again Psalm xix. var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; mentioned to set forth the highest strains and notes of praise in New Testament Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power (Psalm 150:1). instruments; for so they render the word then in (1 Sam. The visible spiritual Kingdom of Grace, in the Church of GOD on Earth, is repre∣sented to us by a glorious Firmament of Power and Mercy. Everything that breathes (verse 6). (Psa 150:2) Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. where the Smoke of the Torment ascendeth for ever! Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Where are we told to praise God in Psalm 150:1? God, in the Hast thou with him spread out the Sky, which is STRONG and as a Molten Looking-glass. Psalm.—It is properly divided by us into the lower and upper Region. So has GOD spoken to Man once out of the Whirl∣wind, and demanded the Praises of his inferior Creatures; and he has it: Psalm cxlviii. And who is not at Times struck into a sacred Astonishment at it? S O the Book of Psalms ends; so the last of the great Hallelujah * begins. Both the prophets Ezekiel and Daniel use this word, each time referring to "sky," the word usually used in modern translations. should praise God? When the Fire of his Lightning sometimes strikes and melts a Cannon in a Moment of Time! Read the Vision, Ezek. with everything within you. "Praise him upon the high-sounding cymbals": Or "cymbals of shouting", ovation The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, "well sounding GOD is Light, and with Him is no Darkness at all. With every suitable instrument man can offer with his . Let Elihu first, and then David teach us how to adore and give Glory to GOD for this perpetual Profusion of Be∣neficence to so many Worlds besides ours. Praise Him for His mighty ______. email us at: Means of Praise (150:3-5); IV. Yet if your Patience can admit of it, I will add three or four Words of further devout Address to the pure Minds of the religious, and to the evil Consciences of Sinners, from Things seen and felt already by us. the Pile thereof is Fire and much Wood; the Breath of the LORD like a Stream of Brimstone kindles it. take Heed, as unto a Light that shineth in a dark Place, 'till the Day dawn, and the Day-Star arise in our Hearts. Praise ye Him Sun and Moon, praise him all ye Stars of Light! (1) those now in use, which are of much later invention. Praise him in the firmament of his power.” Firmament is used in only two other books of the Bible: Ezekiel (five times) and Daniel (once). âPraiseâ comes from GOD has revealed to us a Celestial and everlasting FIRMAMENT of Glory and Blessedness for the Righteous; for renewed, penitent, believing and obedient Sinners; purified by his Grace to see his Face in Light unap∣prochable: Matth. Praise God in His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power. LORD.". the other four books of the Psalms end with a brief verse or two of doxology, Remember that thou magnify his Work which Men behold! 2 Praise him on account of his mighty acts: praise him according to his abundant greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Again, How terrible does the Firmament of GOD's Power appear to us in Storms at Sea, which toss up the Wa∣ters to the Sky! And GOD said, "let there be a Firmament, and GOD called the Firmament Heaven. 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