| Psalm 150 | |
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| Praise ye the LORD. | |
| Hymn psalm | |
 Psalm 150 embroidered in Hebrew on David's Tomb | |
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| Language | Hebrew (original) |
Psalm 150 is the 150th and final psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary". In Latin, it is known as "Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius".[1] In Psalm 150, the psalmist urges the congregation to praise God with music and dancing, naming nine types of musical instruments.
In most versions of the Bible, the Book of Psalms has 150 psalms and Psalm 150 is the final one. However, that is not the case in the Eastern Orthodox and Syriac Orthodox canons, which have 151 and 155 psalms respectively.
The Jerusalem Bible describes Psalm 150 as a "final chorus of praise".[2] It is a hymn psalm, forming a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. As one of the Laudate psalms, it was part of the Lauds, a Catholic morning service. It has been paraphrased in hymns and has often been set to music. Composers have written settings throughout the centuries, in various languages, including Bruckner's German setting, Psalm 150, from 1892; the third movement of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms in Latin; and the third movement, Tehillim, in Hebrew in the Gloria by Karl Jenkins in 2010.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 1500 Archived 7 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net
- ^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), Sub-heading at Psalm 150