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Illustration of a joyful woman singing with arms flung wide open and a microphone in hand, her enormous curly orange hair swirling with energy, illustrating Psalm 150's exuberant call to praise the LORD with loud, joyful noise.

Psalm 150

Let Everything Praise the LORD

PraiseJoy

This is the grand finale of the whole book of Psalms! Praise God with every instrument you can think of — trumpets, harps, lyres, tambourines, strings, flutes, and cymbals! And when all the instruments finish, the final voice that praises God is the most important one: YOU! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD!

  1. 1Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty expanse.
  2. 2Praise Him for His acts of power; praise Him for His surpassing greatness.
  3. 3Praise Him with the blast of the trumpet; praise Him with harp and lyre.
  4. 4Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
  5. 5Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.
  6. 6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

What it means

The whole book of Psalms ends with an explosion of praise! Every instrument, every nation, every living creature — everything that breathes is invited to praise God. That includes you!

A little prayer

Lord, I praise You with everything I have! Let all my life be a song of praise to You. Hallelujah! Amen.

Memory verse

“Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!”

Psalm 150:6 (BSB)

The last line of the whole book, and it hands the song to anyone still breathing.

Talk about it

Questions with no single right answer — for a family table or a Sunday-school circle.

  1. This is the last psalm and it is all instruments and praise. Why end the book here rather than with a lesson?
  2. It lists trumpet, harp, tambourine, strings, pipe and cymbals. Which would you play?
  3. The last line says everything that has breath should praise. What does that include?
  4. You have reached the end of the Psalms — what stayed with you?

Try this

The finale

Everyone takes an instrument or a saucepan, and one person reads the psalm one verse at a time. On each verse, everyone plays. On the last verse, everyone plays and shouts. Then stop and breathe.

You will need: Every noisy thing in the house.

Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB)