“Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.”
Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his surpassing greatness. Reason for praise (mighty deeds, surpassing greatness) becomes object of praise. All of God's works and attributes warrant adoration; the psalter concludes by establishing that creation itself and God's deeds constitute inexhaustible subjects for praise.
Church Fathers on Psalms 150:2
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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