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Psalm 150:2

Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!

1Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
2Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!
4Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
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Notice

“Mighty acts” gives praise something concrete to name, while “excellent greatness” stretches your attention beyond any single act to the greatness of God himself.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Deuteronomy 3:24“Lord GOD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, …Deuteronomy names God's greatness and mighty acts in prayer, the same grounds for praise named in the psalm.
Jeremiah 32:17–19“Ah Lord GOD! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.Jeremiah names creation as God's great work, while the psalm directs praise toward God's mighty acts and greatness.
Psalm 145:3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.Both verses ground praise in God's greatness, which Psalm 145 describes as unsearchable.
Deuteronomy 32:3For I will proclaim the LORD’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God!Both passages urge people to acknowledge God's greatness, through proclamation in Deuteronomy and praise in the psalm.
Revelation 15:3–4They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and …The song in Revelation praises God's great and marvelous works, sharing the psalm's attention to his mighty acts.
Psalm 145:5–6I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.Psalm 145 joins meditation on God's majesty with his wondrous works, matching Psalm 150's attention to greatness and mighty acts.
Psalm 96:4For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.Both psalms name God's greatness as the reason he deserves praise.
Deuteronomy 11:7but your eyes have seen all of the LORD’s great work which he did.Deuteronomy recalls God's great work seen by its hearers; the psalm names God's mighty acts as grounds for praise.
Psalm 145:12to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.Both verses name God's mighty acts, with Psalm 145 emphasizing making them known and Psalm 150 urging praise for them.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Praise God aloud for one mighty act

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Encouragement

Your praise has firm ground in what God has done and who he is. His mighty acts and his excellent greatness are reasons to praise him.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).