“Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.”
Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament. The opening of the final psalm and final doxology invokes praise in the sanctuary (God's dwelling place) and in the firmament (the created cosmos). The location of praise encompasses both the temple and creation itself; all space becomes sacred space for worship. This verse establishes that the final psalms constitute a cosmic call to worship.
Church Fathers on Psalms 150:1
1. Although the arrangement of the Psalms, which seems to me to contain the secret of a mighty mystery, has not yet been revealed unto me, yet, by the fact that they in all amount to one hundred and fifty, they suggest somewhat even to us, who have not as yet pierced with the eye of our mind the depth of their entire arrangement, whereon we may without being over-bold, so far as God gives, be able to speak. Firstly, the number fifteen, whereof it is a multiple this number…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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