Praise The Lord – psalms 150
Posted by Eli Dahan on July 12, 2009 under Bible, Biblical Hebrew, My God | 
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If we want to look, in The Scriptures, for a text that brings us all joy, happiness and sharing, we should go psalms 150. This psalm gives us the opportunity to try and understand how music and people allot with a great harmony in the religious world.This psalm is the last in the book of psalms, and he bring us the best end of that book, by praising the hero of The Bible-The Lord.
And now my friends, take a deep breath , close your eyes, imagine that you are in a vacation, with your friends , family, with your lover, with your children, you are all hugged, your garments are white, there is a music in the air, you can feel the ram’s horn, the harp, the violin, the drums, the pipe organ , you are dancing in a circle, all of your souls combined together , and the all feels as one- isn’t it great my friends?
Let us all share the amazing words of The Scriptures, as written:
“הַלְלוּ-יָהּ:
הַלְלוּ-אֵל בְּקָדְשׁוֹ; הַלְלוּהוּ, בִּרְקִיעַ עֻזּוֹ.
הַלְלוּהוּ בִגְבוּרֹתָיו; הַלְלוּהוּ, כְּרֹב גֻּדְלוֹ.
הַלְלוּהוּ, בְּתֵקַע שׁוֹפָר; הַלְלוּהוּ, בְּנֵבֶל וְכִנּוֹר.
הַלְלוּהוּ, בְּתֹף וּמָחוֹל; הַלְלוּהוּ, בְּמִנִּים וְעֻגָב.
הַלְלוּהוּ בְצִלְצְלֵי-שָׁמַע; הַלְלוּהוּ, בְּצִלְצְלֵי תְרוּעָה.
כֹּל הַנְּשָׁמָה, תְּהַלֵּל יָהּ: הַלְלוּ-יָהּ “
“Praise ye the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the firmament of His power! Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to His excellent greatness! praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the psaltery and harp! Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and organs! Praise Him upon the loud cymbals; praise Him upon the high sounding cymbals! Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD! Praise ye the LORD!”
Pay attention, my friends, that the poet opens this ending psalm of the book, with the same words, and end them with the same word (praise The Lord). This special circular structure just show us the we should be inside the cycle of The lord, praising him constantly!
main phrases of the post + transcription + translation
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Hebrew |
Transcription |
Translation |
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כִּנּוֹר |
kinnōr |
violin |
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עוּגָב |
ûgāb‘ |
Pipe organ |
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נֵבֶל |
nēbel |
Harp, lyre |
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הַלֵּל |
hallel |
Praise! |
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נְשָׁמָה |
nəšāmāh |
soul |
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חָבֵר |
hābēr |
friend |
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מַעְגָּל |
Ma’gāl |
cycle |
