in what Aether of Light or Cavern of Smoke and Gloom shall we be, when we must breathe in this Air no longer! the other four books of the Psalms end with a brief verse or two of doxology, ulz. Page  17Roll of Nature, written within and without, the Glories of the DIVINE MAJESTY. (function() { should God be praised? Or in Storms at Land, which blow down our Houses! 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. We have Eyes and Hands and Voice to lift up, with our Hearts, unto GOD in the Heavens.— And for our Sakes, Angels too are represented as having Tongues and Voices, and have been heard giving Glory to GOD on High. Amos v. 8. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? Everything that breathes (verse 6). . Seek him that maketh the Stars and Orion, and turneth the Shadow, pours 'em out on the Face of the Earth; the LORD is is his Name: He buildeth his Stories in the Heavens. email us at: praise. No Rainbow is there about the THRONE, for that would suppose an Hour of Cloud and Rain. summoned to raise its voice, and every heart and tongue engages to help the 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. La u dáte éum in só no túbae: Praise him with the so of e trumpet. A Dives in this Torment may well be represented (Luk. Job xxxvii. Man's Mind and Eye and Ear, his Mouth and Breath, his Tongue and Lips, his Hand and Knee, are made for Worship and Adoration, Praise and Thanksgiving.—His Eye fees thro' the Universe, his Mind should contemplate every Divine Perfection in all he sees Mind and he should awake up his Glory, his Tongue, to give Praise and not be silent. 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. (b) For his wonderful power appears in the firmament, which in Hebrew is called a stretching out, or spreading abroad, in which the mighty work of God shines. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. According to the Targum and Septuagint version, these were three stringed When he prepared the Heavens I was there; when he set a Compass on the Face of the Deep! 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 — ‖ Proper And first, you see (my Brethren) that the Firmament is a sacred open Book of GOD, wherein we should be daily reading the Glories and Perfections of the eternal GODHEAD; that we may in a Measure become Christian Philosophers, and the more devout Worshippers. xxi. i. Psal. xxxviii. Now my Eye seeth THEE, wherefore I abhor my self, and repent in Dust and Ashes. should praise God? Psalm 150 in its entirety forms the doxology to consummate the fifth book. Laudáte éum in virtútibus éjus: Praise him for his mighty acts. — Nor is there a strong Beast on Land, or Fish in Water, that could stretch a Synew or a Fin, if the Ele∣ment of Air did not cleave around and compress our Terraqueous Globe.*. O, thou art terrible out of thy holy Places; the. . II. The fair Weather returns out of the North, and with GOD is terrible Majesty. Both the prophets Ezekiel and Daniel use this word, each time referring to "sky," the word usually used in modern translations. Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet: praise Him with the psaltery and harp. This concluding psalm fitly caps the — Man's Body is made to stand and bow, kneel and lie prostrate before the THRONE. Praise ye the LORD. Psalm.—It is properly divided by us into the lower and upper Region. The firmament of his power - Through the whole expanse, to the utmost limits of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. While each distinct, they share a similar overview of the firmament’s place and meaning in the cosmos. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. You would not have forgiven me, my Christian Bre∣thren, if I had preach'd to you from any of the Works of GOD, and not led you to JESUS. the Pile thereof is Fire and much Wood; the Breath of the LORD like a Stream of Brimstone kindles it. Thus was the Power of GOD seen and felt in the Fire and Brimstone which he rained from Heaven on Sodom;Page  9and so in the Fire and Hail that poured down and ran along the Ground in the Day of Egypt. Verses 1-6: Psalms closes with magnificence and majesty. Thou takest away their Breath, they die and return to their Dust. sin on His body and giving us His righteousness. O LORD my GOD thou art very great; who stretchest out the Heavens as a Curtain, who coverest thy self with Light as with a Gar∣ment! “Timbrel and dance” (see note on Psalm 149:3). S O the Book of Psalms ends; so the last of the great Hallelujah * begins. Or "pipe". should God be praised? (Psa 150:2) Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Behold GOD is great and we know him not; neither can the Number of his Years be searched out! And in that of the Firmament, in Comparison whereof the Sea is but as a Hand-Breadth. several instruments of music are named, not as to be used in Gospel times; but, For His powerful deeds on behalf of men and for His and the Na∣tions shall come to thy Light, and Kings to the Brightness of thy Rising. Online Parallel Study Bible We find our main text in King Jehoshaphat’s story in 2 Chronicles 20 (click to read). 26, 27. Which give a grateful sound to the ear. Revel. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the right and in order to praise God with instruments of music. O LORD my GOD thou art very great; who stretchest out the Heavens as a Curtain, who coverest thy self with Light as with a Gar∣ment! 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. Much less can the Oven or Pit of Flames below afford a Firmament to the Spirits there shut up! “Harp”: A smaller, portable version of the harp, most likely played with a Page  7of Death into the Morning, and makes the Day dark with Night! God-given creativity and artistry (verses 3-5); Who “Sanctuary … firmament of his power”: “Sanctuary” most likely refers to the the Light of the World, the Sun of Righteousness, them that minister to the Heirs of Salvation, Angels, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, Pastors. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. soul. First then, the visible Kingdom of Grace, in the Church of GOD on Earth, is represented to us by a glorious Fir∣mament of Power and Mercy. The glory of God in the firmament of his power. Great is our LORD, and of great POWER, his Understanding is infinite, Psal. 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances: praise him upon the strings and pipe. Psalm 150:1 Parallel Commentaries. 22. 4 Praise him with the timbrel … Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747., Bowdoin, James, 1676-1747, dedicatee. praise of God above, is EL, or Elohim. 13:1). Praise him in, or for, the firmament, or expansion, as the word signifies, (see on Genesis 1:16,) of his power — “Which power is peculiarly displayed in the formation of the firmament, or expansion of the material heavens, and their incessant operations, by means of” the luminaries placed in them, and “the light and the air of which they are composed, upon the earth, and all things therein. 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. No more fitting conclusion to the book could have been written. 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 Remnant Restoration: Praise Him In The Firmament Of His Power. In this Firmament of Power there are other Fires, which GOD kindles and consumes us by: pestilential Vapours float in our Air, which we breathe in, and they kindle Flames with∣in us, which burn us to Death: — Drought, Blasting and Mildew also come from too much Heat or Cold, Dryness or Moisture in the Air, to famish us and the Creatures about us, as it pleases GOD to order it: These are the Power of GOD in judging a People for their Sins. 1. Yahweh is praised, and His people are encouraged, exhorted to praise Him. And who is not at Times struck into a sacred Astonishment at it? Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. The last psalm also contains six verses but speaks of the God who is 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. var _gaq = _gaq || []; “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name” (Psalm 100:4). Behold he spreadeth his Light upon it, it covers, Sing unto GOD, ye Kingdoms of the Earth, O sing Praises to the LORD, Selah! xxx. III. 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. i. To, that rideth upon the Heavens of Heavens which were of old! But for the same Reason every Thing about us might be deify'd; as many of the least and lowest have been, as well as the Hosts of Heaven, by the brutish Sons of Men. 6. 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! After all the Revelation that GOD had made of HIM∣SELF unto Job and his pious Friends; after all the Work of GOD wrought in them, and their Life of Com∣munion with Him; yet at last he led them together into his Firmament, as the high School for their further Im∣provement. Rains; "The small and great Rains of GOD's Strength"; Stone, and who can stand before GOD's Cold? This Universe is his, which our Eyes look thro; Sing ye Praises with Understanding: You see, my dear Brethren and Children, whither I am about to lead you! And if we go on to consider them that minister to the Heirs of Salvation, Angels or Men; there is a Ladder for the one from Heaven to Earth, whereon they descend unto and return from the Sons of Men; or they have Wings to fly down swiftly: — And as for the other, Men whom GOD has set in his Church from the Begin∣ning, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers, — these are STARS in the right Hand of CHRIST: Revel. preceding books is concluded by a brief doxology, a hymn praising God (41:13; viii. — 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! The Thunder of his Power who can understand? Though every verse of the psalm is cast in the form of a call to praise, the moves upon the Ground with Ease and Safety. For he commanded and they were created; he hath also established them for ever and ever, by a Decree which shall not pass. to Home Page  |  Return 5. 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). 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. The dumb Creatures praise GOD in their Manner, for the Firmament which they breathe and feed in. HE it is that liveth and was dead, and is alive for evermore; and has all these Systems in his Hand and under his Feet! off. Praise him for his mighty acts: Praise him according to his excellent greatness. even something that we can understand. of Praise (150:6). 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. My praise shall be of You in the great assembly . 1. (Psalms 22:25) Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Would you then, my Hearers, before your bodily Eyes are closed in Death, look up for a Vision of the Glory of CHRIST your Redeemer, to see all POWER in Hea∣ven and Earth committed to Him! We discussed earlier that this breath is life. Praise him in the firmament of his power. — These Motions of the Celestial Orbs, and of our Earth in Harmony and Union with them, are the proper Music of the Spheres, (no Doubt the very Meaning of these Words in ancient Poets or Philosophers) and it is the great Power of GOD. blessed be GOD. He stretcheth out the North over the empty Space; and hangeth the Earth upon nothing. Page  13 And when he ascended on high, far above all Heavens, GOD went up with a Shout; the LORD with the Sound of the Trum∣pet! Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Nothing could be more appropriate than to have a Job. And how powerful the Gravitation, Attraction, HE who spake on Earth, so as never Man did, spake also of HIMSELF and of the FATHER by the Pen of Solomon, to the Church of his First-Born in all Times to come, Prov. The Eagle also mounts up, and makes her Nest on high. 2 Praise him in his noble acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise Him for His mighty ______. This is the fitting conclusion to But MAN, MAN — he is the Creature here be∣low, form'd for giving Praise to GOD. the like. — There too is the high Throne of the ONE ME∣DIATOR between GOD and Man, JESUS CHRIST; in the Glory of the ONLY-BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER. And GOD said, "let there be a Firmament, and GOD called the Firmament Heaven. SPACE is so mysterious and inexplicable a Thing in Nature, that Men of Genius and Philosophy have been ready to deify it and say it is GOD himself*, because im∣mense and never to be searched out. Psalms 150:1 Context. I. I am to show that the Firmament is GOD'S, his Work; his Creation, his Creature; for he made it; it did not expand it self; GOD stretched it out, and holds it in its wondrous Being; with all the mighty Worlds within the vast Circumference. and calls for the Waters of the Sea; the LORD is his Name. Page  4Earth as a Garment, and moving with it; in which we breathe and move, the Birds fly and sing, the Vapours rise and fall, the Clouds roll, the Dews and Rains descend, the Lightning and Thunder terrify us: And in the higher Regions of this Atmosphere there are much more terrible Metcors (as the Learned choir. The soft Air is sweet and cool to us, The Breath of the ALMIGHTY which gives us Life, Job xxxiii. _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-10273872-2']); Also, in Psalm 150:1, “Praise ye the LORD. those now in use, which are of much later invention. Job xxxvi. to Top. O dire abiding Sense of a lost Heaven of Light and Glory, and returning Thoughts of Others in the Bosom of Abra∣ham! [email protected] Praise God in His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power. . It is the Firmament of GOD's POWER that has given the, So the "Hawk flies by the Wisdom of GOD, who has prepared the Air for its strong Wings, which she stretcheth to the North and South; as if the whole Fir∣mament were her own. Canst thou set the Dominion of them in the Earth? b. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it, "well sounding We can often say words or phrases without appreciating the purpose and power of them. 18:6). 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