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Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
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A Sound of Triumph
Commentators explain that the cymbals, particularly the "high-sounding" ones, were associated with shouts of triumph and victory. The sound was meant to be a loud, audible, and joyous expression, similar to the celebration for a returning conqueror. This suggests our praise should be unrestrained and openly celebratory.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Praise him upon the loud cymbals - literally, “the cymbals of sound” or hearing. That is, let joy be audibly expressed. The allusio…
19th Century
Anglican
Cymbals. —Hebrew, tseltselîm (2 Samuel 6:5), a word evidently formed to express the sound of the instrument. …
Baptist
Praise him upon the loud cymbals:
Crash!
Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Then came another crash!
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Praise him upon the loud cymbals Or "cymbals of hearing"{x}; that were heard with pleasure and delight, a…
We are here stirred up to praise God. Praise God for His sanctuary and the privileges we enjoy by having it among us; praise Him because of His pow…