Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Spirit. Wind instrument, ( Menochius.) or man, who is bound to praise God, even more than the angels, as Christ has assumed his nature, and will bring him to sing with them Alleluia. Worthington.—Let “all that breathes” praise, (Bert.) including every living creature, ( Calmet.) as well as the celestial spirits. Bible.—Alleluia is not in Septuagint Syr. and so forth But it is in the Hebrew and no word could answer better for a conclusion of the psalms, which are almost wholly employed in the divine praises. This ought to be our occupation both on earth, and in heaven. Amen. Calmet.—Pope Damasus, A.D. 380, ordered the Glory, and so forth to be added to each of the psalms, as it has been since observed. Worthington.—An apocryphal psalm, concerning David encountering Goliath, occurs in many Greek and Latin copies; but it is of no authority. Calmet.
PROVERBS
THE BOOK OF PROVERBS