“Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.”
Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with clashing cymbals. Cymbals (loud and clashing) represent percussion instruments producing bold, celebratory sound. The doubling of cymbals emphasizes volume and exuberance; praise should be unrestrained and joyful.
Church Fathers on Psalms 150:5
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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