Chapter Text
150:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye God in his Sanctuarie: prayse ye him in the firmament of his power.
150:2 Prayse ye him in his mightie Actes: prayse ye him according to his excellent greatnesse.
150:3 Prayse ye him in the sounde of the trumpet: prayse yee him vpon the viole and the harpe.
150:4 Prayse ye him with timbrell and flute: praise ye him with virginales and organs.
150:5 Prayse ye him with sounding cymbales: prayse ye him with high sounding cymbales.
150:6 Let euery thing that hath breath prayse the Lord. Prayse ye the Lord.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "praise", "lord", "sanctuarie", "prayse", "firmament", and "power". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "praise" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "praise" and "lord" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "praise" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.