Psalm 150:6 (BSB)

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

From Psalms 150. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 150:6

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 150:1-6: PSALM 150. The argument of this Psalm is the same with that of the former. Hallelujah. Psalm 150:1-6 1. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2. Praise him in, his might; praise him for the plenitude of his greatness. 3.
• C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 150:6: Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. "Let all breath praise him": that is to say, all living beings. He gave them breath, let them breathe his praise. His name is in the Hebrew composed rather of breathings than of letters, to show that all breath comes from him: therefore let it be used for him. Join all ye living things in the eternal song.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 150:1-6: We are here, with the greatest earnestness imaginable, excited to praise God; if, as some suppose, this psalm was primarily intended for the Levites, to stir them up to do their office in the house of the Lord, as singers and players on instruments, yet we must take it as speaking to us, who are made to our God spiritual priests.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 150:6: Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord,.... Even the brute creatures, as in a preceding; but more especially man, in whom God has breathed the breath of life, and is become not only a living but a rational soul; and more especially spiritual men, converted persons, whether Jews or Gentiles; on whom the Spirit of the Lord has breathed, and whom he has quickened...