The Bible Commentaries and Others: Psalms 150 v 3

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Posted by Psalms on Sunday, 17 January 2016

Psalms 150:3

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

3. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. With the loudest, clearest note call the people together. Make everyone know that we are not ashamed to worship. Summon them with unmistakable sound to bow before their God. The sound of trumpet is associated with the grandest and most solemn events, such as the giving of the law, the proclamation of Jubilee, the coronation of Jewish kings, and the raging of war. It is to be thought of in reference to the coming of our Lord in his second advent and the raising of the dead. If we cannot give voice to this martial instrument, at least let our reference to the coming of our Lord in his second advent and the raising of praise be as decided and bold as if we could give a blast upon the horn. Let us never sound a trumpet before us to our own honor, but reserve all our trumpeting for God’s glory. When the people have been gathered by blast of trumpet, then proceed to praise him with the psaltery and harp. Stringed instruments are to be used as well as those which are rendered vocal by wind. Dulcet notes are to be consecrated as well as more startling sounds. The Gospel meaning is that all powers and faculties should praise the Lord—all sorts of persons, under all circumstances, and with differing constitutions, should do honor unto the Lord of all. If there be any virtue, if there by any talent, if there be any influence, let all be consecrated to the service of the universal Benefactor. Harp and lyre—the choicest, the sweetest—must be all our Lord’s.

Excerpt from:

The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)