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Psalm 150:5

Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!

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!
5Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!
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Notice

Loud, resounding cymbals give praise a force you can almost hear, challenging the assumption that reverence for God must always sound quiet.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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1 Chronicles 15:16David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding …Both passages feature cymbals sounding aloud, with Chronicles describing joyful singers and Psalm 150 directing the sound toward God in praise.
1 Chronicles 25:1Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with …Cymbals appear in both passages: among instruments appointed for prophetic service in Chronicles and commanded for praise in the psalm.
1 Chronicles 15:19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;Both passages emphasize the loud sound of cymbals, with Chronicles naming the singers assigned to play them.
1 Chronicles 15:28Thus all Israel brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with …Resounding cymbals feature in both texts, accompanying the ark in Chronicles and sounding in praise of God in the psalm.
2 Samuel 6:5David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, with stringed instruments, with …Both texts include cymbals in music directed toward the LORD, with Samuel describing David and Israel playing before him.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Sing one song of praise to God aloud

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Encouragement

There is room for exuberance in your worship of God. The repeated command directs even the loudest sounds toward him: “Praise him with resounding cymbals!”

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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).