The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 150:5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Praise him upon the loud cymbals; praise him upon the high-sounding cymbals. "We can hardly," says Professor Cheyne, "venture to distinguish two kinds of cymbals on the ground of these two epithet" The mention of "cymbals" is reserved to the last, as being the instrument of music most expressive of joy and jubilation.

It completes the musical climax, as Psalms 150:6 completes the ideal one.

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