3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. On these Accounts it is that the SPIRIT says unto the Churches, "Arise, shine, for thy Light is come, and the Glory of the LORD is risen upon thee! of giving. Praise him in the firmament of his power. The English word "firmament" in the Bible is a translation of the Hebrew, raqia, meaning "expanse." Praise God in his holy places: praise him in the firmament of his power. Job xxxix. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Page  21to see Man any more with the INHABITANTS of the World‖! Psalm.—It is properly divided by us into the lower and upper Region. ‖ SANCTUARIES of GOD. The Reason of my bringing you these Words this Morning is, because we have again finished the reading the Book of Psalms to you in our Lord's-Day Morning Exercise: And another Reason is, because the Providence of GOD order us this Afternoon to read to you the Order of the GOVERN∣MENT for a Day of PRAISE TO GOD, our yearly Thanks∣giving-Day.—O might our Days and Years and Life 〈◊〉Page  2and Eternity go on in Acts of Adoration, Thanksgivings and Praises in the highest. rose in the tabernacle. The firmament was an Old English translation of sky used in the King James Version and other older translation of the English Bible. inherent greatness (verse 2); How The Thunder of his Power who can understand? But MAN, MAN — he is the Creature here be∣low, form'd for giving Praise to GOD. We may however by Faith, in Contemplation. thro' Systems ten thousand Million Times wider than the Earth, and broader than the Sea! This is the fitting conclusion to O what will Heaven and what Hell be hereafter, to saved or damned Souls! Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747., Bowdoin, James, 1676-1747, dedicatee. 3 Praise him with the sound of a trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp. And in that of the Firmament, in Comparison whereof the Sea is but as a Hand-Breadth. but now no more to return to one Gleam of the desired Light, nor The new Heavens and the new Earth, which we read of Revel. This has been in part shown before, but I have yet to add. The Word which we translate Firmament signifies Extension; and a vast Extension truly is the visible Heaven; that Region of Air which appears to our Eyes as a Covering or Curtain stretched over us; which is the Psalmists humble Representation, in the 104. Praise him in the firmament of his power. should God be praised? Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the Praise the LORD from the Earth, ye Dragons and all Deeps, Mountains and all Hills, fruitful Trees and all Cedars, Beasts and all Cat∣tle, creeping Things and flying Fowl. the Skies seem to dissolve, and the Elements to melt with fer∣vent Heat*. 1. “Sanctuary … firmament of his power”: “Sanctuary” most likely refers to the Page  15it not; save by Divine Revelation to us, and Illu∣mination in us. Praise ye Him Sun and Moon, praise him all ye Stars of Light! for Swift∣ness, Constancy, Order and Use! civ. Where are we told to praise God in Psalm 150:1? O the dire Remembrance then of a past Day of Grace, and past Means of Salvation, and despised Sabbaths! We find firmament used again in Psalms: “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork” (Psalm 19:1). Some of these Globes our Eyes can reach, and Art can measure in an imperfect Manner; and what more and greater are beyond our Sight, we may imagine, but can never know in these mortal Bodies.—But whatever this Space be; which we call Firmament, or whatever Worlds like this Earth of ou be contained in it; Moses has let us know from GOD, that the LORD himself and alone made it, on the second Day, by the Word of his Power; as he did the Light before it, and the Seas and dry Land after it; For so we read, Gen. 1.6. Practitioners Praise ye the LORD. Secondly, While GOD continues us in these animal dying Bodies, we must devoutly consider GOD's Firma∣ment as the great MEDIUM and Instrument of his con∣veying to our World (and to what other Worlds we know not, but have Reason to think the same re∣specting many others) his immense Benefits and Bounties of a temporal and earthly Kind, for the Preservation of our Lives, and for our daily and yearly Supplies with all the Necessaries and Comforts of them. Thus was the Power of GOD seen and felt in the Fire and Brimstone which he rained from Heaven on Sodom;Page  9and so in the Fire and Hail that poured down and ran along the Ground in the Day of Egypt. the Pile thereof is Fire and much Wood; the Breath of the LORD like a Stream of Brimstone kindles it. “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name” (Psalm 100:4). Praise Father, Word, and Holy Ghost. Into the higher Regions of the Firmament, to and above the Moon and Planets in their regular and certain Courses, fulfilling their Years about the Sun in Circles proper to themselves, as our Earth observes its own! I. I am to show that the Firmament is GOD'S, his Work; his Creation, his Creature; for he made it; it did not expand it self; GOD stretched it out, and holds it in its wondrous Being; with all the mighty Worlds within the vast Circumference. The psalmist here is filled to overflowing with praise. Secondly, Let us now look into the future ETERNAL WORLD, and see what we find in Scripture, or in the Nature of the Things revealed, of a FIRMAMENT therein. Also who can understand the Spreadings of the Clouds, or the Noise of his Tabernacle? His Breath goes forth, he returns to his Earth. the Smoke of the Torment ascendeth for ever! The glory of God in the firmament of his power. "The wild Ass snuffeth up the hind at large! LORD.". This Universe is his, which our Eyes look thro; Sing ye Praises with Understanding: You see, my dear Brethren and Children, whither I am about to lead you! Praise ye the LORD. When he prepared the Heavens I was there; when he set a Compass on the Face of the Deep! Praise God in his Sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power. Brenton 1 Alleluia. The Power of GOD it it: And 3. praise of God above, is EL, or Elohim. instruments and organs.". These are the appointed instruments of life and motion in the … 15:6). Light unapprochable and full of Glory; which Eye has not seen, nor Ear heard, nor can it enter into Man's Heart to conceive of. Wherefore. 13:1). "Sing unto GOD, ye Kingdoms of the Earth, O sing Praises to the LORD, Selah! And when he ascended on high, far above all Heavens, GOD went up with a Shout; the LORD with the Sound of the Trum∣pet! He is Holy, He is righteous, He is Love. Chron. a. firmament of his power.". Now these (Psalm 29:2) Praise ye the LORD. to Home Page  |  Return var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; Every Man may see it, Men may behold it afar off! "And organs": Which have their name from the loveliness of their sound. We could start listing them, 17,—21. The Firmament of Aether rises from the Bound of this our Atmosphere unto the Sun and fixed Stars;† an unknown and inconceivable Space; of which David (in∣spired from on High) has taught us to sing, Psalm viii. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. sanctuary is His church. III. Let everything that hath __________, praise the Lord. 18:6). And GOD said, "let there be a Firmament, and GOD called the Firmament Heaven. This concluding psalm fitly caps the the final song of praise, it appropriately answers four key question about . We have Eyes and Hands and Voice to lift up, with our Hearts, unto GOD in the Heavens.— And for our Sakes, Angels too are represented as having Tongues and Voices, and have been heard giving Glory to GOD on High. cymbals". The Work it self praises GOD; speaks his Eter∣nal Power and GODHEAD, and shows his excellent Great∣ness. O dire abiding Sense of a lost Heaven of Light and Glory, and returning Thoughts of Others in the Bosom of Abra∣ham! Yea they run and return through the Firmament as a Flash of Light, and are all the while praising GOD: To shut up all, the THRONE OF THE MOST HIGH is represented to us as above the Firmament. This is very pleasing to God. *Elasticity or Spring in the Air which insensibly yeilds to Bodies in their Motion, and yet strongly closes round them and holds them in their Motion; which is the wondrous Power of GOD exerted in it thro' all Spaces; but to us most sensibly (and yet insensibly) in our own Atmosphere, which cleaves to our Earth and moves with it, even as our Skin or Clothes with our Bodies; by which Means we are insensible of the diurnal and annual Motion of our Earth; notwith∣standing the Velocity and Force thereof.—The Pillars of it seem to tremble in the furious stormy Season, and the Atmosphere appears at Times to be rending asunder; but GOD has fastned the Foundations of both alike in his own Power, and they are preserv'd. He scorneth the Multitude of the City, nor regards the Crying of the Driver: The Range of the Mountains is his Pasture, and he searcheth after every green Thing. is risen upon thee! This is the Last Section, Return to What Firmament now can this City of GOD admit of?  Why Learning from King Jehoshaphat in Understanding the Power of Praise.  Where Praise God for his sanctuary, and the privileges we enjoy by having it among us; praise him because of his power and glory in the firmament. GOD is Light, and with Him is no Darkness at all. The firmament of his power - Through the whole expanse, to the utmost limits of his power. Each of the four This concluding crescendo is full-toned and jubilant. (Psalms 22:25) Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. blessed.  Who 24,—33. O GOD, thou art terrible out of thy holy Places; the GOD of Israel is he who giveth Strength and Power to his People! S O the Book of Psalms ends; so the last of the great Hallelujah * begins. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Psalm 150:6 "Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD. A Praise which stupid Man would scarce have thought of. And above the Firmament was the likeness of a Throne of Sapphire-Stone, and the Appearance of the likeness of a. was with GOD, and was GOD, and without Him was not any Thing made; and the Life is the Light of Men; and the Light shineth in Darkness, and the Darkness compre∣hendeth. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance - … Praise ye the LORD! Much less can the Oven or Pit of Flames below afford a Firmament to the Spirits there shut up! — And this is the Firmament of Glory in the visible Church on Earth; "wherein with open Face beholding as in a Glass the Glory of the LORD, SoulsPage  20are changed from Glory to Glory by the SPIRIT OF THE LORD. xii. are of ancient origins and use (Gen. 4:21). of Praise (150:6). v. 8. Let everything that hath __________, praise the Lord. He stretcheth out the North over the empty Space; and hangeth the Earth upon nothing. The Call to praise GOD is here loud and trebled; as Isaiah and afterwards John the beloved Disciple, saw and heard the Seraphims cry before the Throne three Times,— Holy, holy, holy — ‖ Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet: praise Him with the psaltery and harp. Page  22Sea; and consequently without a Cloud or Vapour to ob∣scure and darken it, or any turbulent Air or Wind to agi∣tate it; for, whence should there a Vapour, Cloud or Wind arise where there is no Sea? By the Clouds also he judgeth the People, and by them he gives Meat in Abun∣dance; &c. Psal. (a) That is, in the heaven. should God be praised? Remnant Restoration: Praise Him In The Firmament Of His Power. Praise the LORD! email us at: Behold he spreadeth his Light upon it, it covers, Sing unto GOD, ye Kingdoms of the Earth, O sing Praises to the LORD, Selah! All is calm, and bright, and soft and easy again, tho' but just now the Deep boiled, the Trees rent, and the very Houses seem'd to reel before the great Wind, of God's Strength. Are praise him in the firmament of his power. Or "pipe". And the Son of Man that thou visitest him? But it is the POWER of GOD more especially that I am to consider in this Expansion of Aether and Air around us. take Heed, as unto a Light that shineth in a dark Place, 'till the Day dawn, and the Day-Star arise in our Hearts. Page  13 GOD spake to them out of the Whirlwind, concerning his POWER and sovereign Dominion, and they fell adoring in Silence and Self-abhorrence; Your Bibles, my dear Hearers; and the SPIRIT OF GOD within you, you Children of the MOST HIGH; di∣rect and teach you to be daily reading through the vast xxx. Both the prophets Ezekiel and Daniel use this word, each time referring to "sky," the word usually used in modern translations. When he established the Clouds above, and gave to the Sea his Decree. 6. The. As well as to denote their heartiness, agreement, and unanimity in this Praise Him for His mighty ______. and days later still be listing them. viii. Praise Him ye Heaven of Heavens, and ye Waters that be above the Hea∣vers! commands now our reverend At∣tention: —But how little a Portion have we heard of it. Though every verse of the psalm is cast in the form of a call to praise, the moves upon the Ground with Ease and Safety. No Rainbow is there about the THRONE, for that would suppose an Hour of Cloud and Rain. If you want to study more on his reign in Judah, you can find more about him in 1 Kings 15 & 22, 2 Kings 1, 3, 8, 9, 12, & 2 Chronicles 17- 21. CHRIST in his Person, Offices and Benefits is in the holy Scriptures declared to be the Light of the World, the Sun of Righteousness, arising over Souls with Healing under the Rays. The visible spiritual Kingdom of Grace, in the Church of GOD on Earth, is repre∣sented to us by a glorious Firmament of Power and Mercy. O LORD my GOD thou art very great; who stretchest out the Heavens as a Curtain, who coverest thy self with Light as with a Gar∣ment! HE who in the Beginning was the WORD, was with GOD, and was GOD, and without Him was not any Thing made; nor is there any Thing yet upheld and guided in the perpetual Motions which we every where behold, without Him: In HIM Life was and is, and the Life is the Light of Men; and the Light shineth in Darkness, and the Darkness compre∣hendeth those now in use, which are of much later invention. Praise the LORD: This last of the five ending psalms shares the same beginning and ending line as the previous four. O, thou art terrible out of thy holy Places; the. Psalm 150:2 "Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his Let Elihu first, and then David teach us how to adore and give Glory to GOD for this perpetual Profusion of Be∣neficence to so many Worlds besides ours. 7. When. praise to the Almighty God (Phil. Thirdly, The Power of GOD is seen in this Firmament of Air about us, in that our Life and the Life of all Animals; "Beasts and all Cattle, creeping Things and flying Fowl," is sustained and upheld by this Provision for their common Breath. In this Firmament of God's Power the Vapours and Clouds have their Motions; the Dews also and the Rains; "The small and great Rains of GOD's Strength"; his Treasures of Snow and Hail, his Lightnings and Thunders; his Tempest and Whirlwind which takes us as Stubble; the LORD has his Way in it. It is the Firmament of his Power about us, which holds our Souls in Life; for Breath and Spirit stay and go together; Psal. service (Rom. every creature; every instrument of joy and gladness and triumph and jubilee is — Man's Body is made to stand and bow, kneel and lie prostrate before the THRONE. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? to praise Him, is the voice of man. We and all the Creatures round about us live by Breathing; we breathe in and out the Air, which is therefore truly called the Breath of Life; breathed by GOD (as Moses tells us) into the Nostril of Man in the Day wherein he was created. Praise God in his {a} sanctuary: praise him in the {b} firmament of his power. Page  19 After all the Revelation that GOD had made of HIM∣SELF unto Job and his pious Friends; after all the Work of GOD wrought in them, and their Life of Com∣munion with Him; yet at last he led them together into his Firmament, as the high School for their further Im∣provement. Means of Praise (150:3-5); IV. GOD displays the Power of his Firmament in these Instances, ver. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 5. This praise to the Lord here, is to everything that hath breath, as we will see as we go on. 18. These are all fine to praise Him with, but the one instrument that He most wants how little a Portion have we heard of it. creation (verse 1); Why Psalm 150:1 (KJV) says, "Praise ye the LORD. in what Aether of Light or Cavern of Smoke and Gloom shall we be, when we must breathe in this Air no longer! Man's Mind and Eye and Ear, his Mouth and Breath, his Tongue and Lips, his Hand and Knee, are made for Worship and Adoration, Praise and Thanksgiving.—His Eye fees thro' the Universe, his Mind should contemplate every Divine Perfection in all he sees Mind and he should awake up his Glory, his Tongue, to give Praise and not be silent.  How Page  5 Then if we go on to contemplate the Church of the Sanctified, she is represented by a Woman cloathed with the Sun, with the Moon and Stars under her Feet, and on her Head a Crown of twelve Stars. We discussed earlier that this breath is life. temple in Jerusalem, so the sense would be “Praise God on earth and in heaven”. *Magnetism, or what shall we call their unknown mutual Influence on each other! Praise him with the sound of the Trumpet: Praise him with the Psalterie and Harp.3 Praise him with the timbrell and dance: praise him with stringed instruments, and Organ. And again Psalm xix. — As the contemplative, learn∣ed, philosophical Mr. NORRIS, a Master among us of the Ideal World, while with us here below, Psalter and the Final Hallel (Psalms 145-150), by raising and then answering ult. Go to Previous Section  |  The fair Weather returns out of the North, and with GOD is terrible Majesty. lengthy doxology for the final chapter. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. First then, the visible Kingdom of Grace, in the Church of GOD on Earth, is represented to us by a glorious Fir∣mament of Power and Mercy. far above all Heavens, GOD went up with a Shout; the LORD with the Sound of the Trum∣pet! Also, in Psalm 150:1, “Praise ye the LORD. John. plectrum (pick). Psalm xviii. Thou takest away their Breath, they die and return to their Dust. here, is to everything that hath breath, as we will see as we go on. While each distinct, they share a similar overview of the firmament’s place and meaning in the cosmos. 3. “Praise” comes from psaltery and harp.". 1. . with everything within you. Who calls for the Waters of the Sea (calls 'em up into the Air by the gentle Beams of the Sun) and then pours 'em out on the Face of the Earth; the LORD is is his Name: He buildeth his Stories in the Heavens (or in the FIRMAMENT) and calls for the Waters of the Sea; the LORD is his Name. soul. Throughout history, many people have attempted the interpret the visualization of the firmament through artwork. Very grand and noble are the Words of Elihu to Job; but according to the "Praise him upon the high-sounding cymbals": Or "cymbals of shouting", ovation Praising often have some aspects of thanksgiving. It is because we have such an Air to breathe in, that we can lift our Voice on high, and make one Sound together, in the Praises of our GOD. We find our main text in King Jehoshaphat’s story in 2 Chronicles 20 (click to read). Praise the LORD from the Earth, ye Dragons and all Deeps, Mountains and all Hills, fruitful Trees and all Cedars, Beasts and all Cat∣tle, creeping Things and flying Fowl. His mighty acts have all been to benefit mankind. The Call to praise GOD is here loud and trebled; as Isaiah and afterwards John the beloved Disciple, saw and heard the Seraphims cry before the Throne three Times,—Holy, holy, holy— We can often say words or phrases without appreciating the purpose and power of them. For he commanded and they were created; he hath also established them for ever and ever, by a Decree which shall not pass. |  For he maketh small the Drops of Water, they pour down Rain according to the Vapour thereof; which the Clouds do drop and distill upon Man abundantly! The Eagle also mounts up, and makes her Nest on high. 2. Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament! sing Praises to GOD, sing Praises. Praise God in His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power. For in vain had Land and Sea been made without a Firmament; for there could have been neither ploughing or sailing without it; nor Business, Food, Health, Strength and Pleasure; no Seed-time or Harvest, Day or Night, Summer or Winter; no Grass for the Cattle nor Herb for Man; no Smell or Taste or Appetite for Corn, Wine and Oil: in as much as the whole Sustenance of every sensitive Creature depends upon this potent and beneficent Firma∣ment; by which GOD holds our Soul in Life; by which also he judges the People: For (as has been said before) neither could there be sultry Heat or chilling Cold, stag∣nating Calms or furious Storms, Pestilence and Famine, Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. God, in the “Everything”: All of God’s living creation. And who is not at Times struck into a sacred Astonishment at it? Verses 1-6 (see note on Psalm 146:1-10). Nothing could be more appropriate than to have a God's love is so much greater than what man is capable and the Na∣tions shall come to thy Light, and Kings to the Brightness of thy Rising. Canst thou loose these Bands of Orion? 1,—5. Job xxxvi. Or "cymbals of hearing"; that were heard with pleasure and delight, and afar Seek him that maketh the Stars and Orion, and turneth the Shadow Without it, none of the Works of GOD could be beheld by us; for it is made for a Medium of Vision, for the Passage of Light to our Eyes; and so Day after Day utters this Speech, calling on us to. And to the Comets if we could, every now and then showing themselves unto us with their Blaze, in Courses which we know little or nothing of! 4. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Give me therefore your patient and raised Attention while I, 1. *old Philosophy of his Day and of Never think therefore that your Ministers wander from the WORD and SPIRIT of GOD in their preaching to you, nor from the Work of Grace within you, but are wisely serving it, while they show you the Praises of GOD, which his visible Works demand from you. Laudáte éum secúndum Praise him according to multitúdinem magnitúdinis éjus his excellent greatness. In this Firmament of Power there are other Fires, which GOD kindles and consumes us by: pestilential Vapours float in our Air, which we breathe in, and they kindle Flames with∣in us, which burn us to Death: — Drought, Blasting and Mildew also come from too much Heat or Cold, Dryness or Moisture in the Air, to famish us and the Creatures about us, as it pleases GOD to order it: These are the Power of GOD in judging a People for their Sins. His greatest act of Love was taking our gathers to himself the Spirit and the Breath, all Flesh expire. the Light of the World, the Sun of Righteousness, them that minister to the Heirs of Salvation, Angels, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, Pastors. Yet if your Patience can admit of it, I will add three or four Words of further devout Address to the pure Minds of the religious, and to the evil Consciences of Sinners, from Things seen and felt already by us. Behold, is great and we know him not; neither can the Number of his Years be searched out! Ascribe ye, unto GOD; his Excellency is over Israel, and his Strength is in the Clouds! 1 Praise ye the Lord. And how powerful the Gravitation, Attraction, Isai. 1, 2. Praise him in the firmament of his power.” Firmament is used in only two other books of the Bible: Ezekiel (five times) and Daniel (once). Page  8 2 Praise him for his mighty acts; praise him according to his excellent greatness. GOD has revealed to us a Celestial and everlasting FIRMAMENT of Glory and Blessedness for the Righteous; for renewed, penitent, believing and obedient Sinners; purified by his Grace to see his Face in Light unap∣prochable: Matth. as in the Bowels of this Earth of ours, no more to see the Sun Moon or Stars; which the contemplative Mind has here it may be view'd with a raised Pleasure and some transient Elevations of Devotion! 2:11; Rev. and the Na∣tions shall come to thy Light, and Kings to the Brightness of thy Rising. The Word and SPIRIT of GOD will justify us in this Transition; For 1. Psalm 150 in its entirety forms the doxology to consummate the fifth book. Praise him for his mighty Acts, praise him according to his excellent Greatness; praise him on the. Amos ix. Gen. ii. •, 4. And if we go on to consider them that minister to the Heirs of Salvation, Angels or Men; there is a Ladder for the one from Heaven to Earth, whereon they descend unto and return from the Sons of Men; or they have Wings to fly down swiftly: — And as for the other, Men whom GOD has set in his Church from the Begin∣ning, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers, — these are STARS in the right Hand of CHRIST: Revel. . (Psa 150:2) Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. This Simile brings to Mind a fine Thought of the Philosopher Plato; Secondly, The Power of GOD is glorious in the Con∣sistency and Strength of this Fluid, which is so much rarer than Water, and yet bears about mighty Clouds with vast Burthens of Water in them; which they distill abundantly in the great and small Rai• of his Strength: And altho' the Fires of GOD break thro' the midst of these Rains with mighty Force and •••ar, yet neither is the Atmosphere nor the Cloud it self rent; there being an Those who praise the Lord in heaven, behold displays of his power and glory which we cannot now conceive. xvi. blessed be GOD. Into what immense Spaces and Circles whither the Eagles Wing or Eye can never reach!— But how shall a feeble Mind, in a Body broken with Again, How terrible does the Firmament of GOD's Power appear to us in Storms at Sea, which toss up the Wa∣ters to the Sky! The most simple Idea of SPACE seems the true and most intelligible, that it is the open Volume of Nature, in which we should early begin to read the Name of GOD, and read on in it as long as we live, and more and more adore Him in his INCOMPREHENSIBLENESS. Tophet is ordained of old for King and Subject it is pre∣pared: GOD has made it deep and large! the other four books of the Psalms end with a brief verse or two of doxology, Would you then, my Hearers, before your bodily Eyes are closed in Death, look up for a Vision of the Glory of CHRIST your Redeemer, to see all POWER in Hea∣ven and Earth committed to Him! xxxviii. 1742. “Let everything that Hath breath praise the Lord”. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise Him in the firmament of His Power Praise ye the LORD. i. 26, 27, 28. Praise him for his mighty acts: Praise him according to his excellent greatness. His Hands also (says my Context) are made to praise upon the Psaltery and Harp, the stringed Instruments and Or∣gans: His Feet also in the Dance of old, as the King of Israel before the Ark of the LORD. 2. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Psalm 150:3 "Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. La u dáte éum in só no túbae: Praise him with the so of e trumpet. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. We could not form the least Word we speak or Note we sing in his Sanctuary! Animals; "Beasts and all Cattle, creeping Things and flying Fowl,". 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