Psalm 150

Psalm 150 forms the conclusion of the Psalms , which Delitzsch called the final Hallelujah. The psalm calls for praise of God and his deeds with various instruments. The authorship remains anonymous.

construction

The Psalm explains where God should be praised (“in his sanctuary” and “in the stronghold of his power”) and for what reason (“for his deeds” and “in his great glory”). In the following, instruments are listed with which the praise should sound. The conclusion of the Psalm and thus of the entire collection of Psalms forms the reference to who the Psalm is addressed to: Not only to Israel, but to "everything that has breath". As in the previous four Hallelujah palms, the beginning and end of the Psalm are marked by the exclamation “ Hallelujah ”.

structure

• the place of praise ( Ps 150.1  EU )
• the content of praise ( Ps 150.2  EU )
• the means of praise ( Ps 150 : 3–5  EU )
• the performers of praise ( Ps 150.6  EU )

reception

Illustration of Psalm 150 in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence

Psalm 150 was set to music several times.

• Benjamin Britten : Psalm 150 op.67 for two-part children's choir and orchestra (1962)
• Anton Bruckner : Psalm 150 ( Hallelujah. Praise the Lord in his sanctuary ) WAB 38
• Felix Mendelssohn : Hymn of Praise op 52nd
• Charles Ives : Psalm 150
• César Franck : Psalm 150
• Zoltán Kodály : Geneva Psalm 150
• Louis Lewandowski : Great Alleluia (Psalm 150)
• John Rutter : Psalm 150
• Charles Villiers Stanford : Psalm 150: O praise God in his holiness
• Igor Stravinsky : Psalm Symphony , third movement
• Jan Dismas Zelenka : Chvalte Boha silného ZWV 165

The psalm is also taken up several times in today's music:

• Jimmy Webb : Psalm One-Five-O on the album Words and Music (1970)
• Bernd Draffehn: Psalm 150, Hallelujah! Praise God in His Sanctuary (1978)
• POD : Psalm 150 on the album "The Fundamental Elements of Southtown" (1999)
• J. Moss: Psalm 150 on the album The J Moss Project (2004)
• MIQEDEM: Halleluhu on the album MIQEDEM (2016)

literature

• Hans Brandenburg : The Psalms II, 2nd edition, 1982, p. 306f.
• Fritz Grünzweig : Introduction to the Biblical Books, The Old Testament, 2nd Edition, 2000, p. 285.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 150  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 150 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 150 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain of settings for Psalm 150 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franz Delitzsch : Biblical Commentary on the Psalms, 1867, p. 786.
2. ^ John F. MacArthur : MacArthur Study Bible, Psalm 150