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Psalm 150

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The book of Psalms is a collection of 150 songs of Praise of God. The last Psalm, number 150, is also a very important part of   P’sukei d’Zimra. There are six Psalms that form the core of this part of the service and they end with Psalm 150. This Psalm ends, "Let every living thing praise the Eternal." A midrash teaches that when he first saw all of the wonder of creation he said the last line in this Psalm. Tradition remembers that King David wrote all of the psalms, so that Adam began an outline that King David filled in. The job of these Psalms is to make us as filled with wonder as Adam was in the moment of his creation. 1

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Psalm 150 . .1

Halleluyah!

,   .2

Let us praise God in God's holy place.

.   .3

Let us praise God in the awesome heavens.

,  .4

Let us praise God for heroic deeds Let us praise God for infinite greatness.

.   .5

Let us praise God with a shofar's tikiyah,

,   .6

Let us praise God with harp and lyre.

.   .7

Let us praise God with drums and dance,

,   .8

Let us praise God with flutes and strings.

.   .9

Let us praise God with sounds of cymbals,

,-  .10 .   .11

Let us praise God with cymbals' awesome shout.

    .12

Let every thing with breath let us praise God

. .13

Halleluyah!

The Legends of the Jews (Phildelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1925) p.110, n.101 and p. 112, n.103. cites Seder Rabbah d ‘Breshit, 7-8 and Pirkei Rabbi Eliezer 19

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ROOT ANALYSIS Can you see the letters  in these words? Sometimes the second  drops out.









Prayers of Praise =  Let us praise = Praise the Eternal! = 

Practice these phrases and circle all the words that contain the root .

 -     -   

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 - 

    

    

   ,   

     

     

      

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TRANSLATION Review the vocabulary and make your best guess at the meaning of this .













     

Take your best guess at the meaning of this text. Your teacher will help you with your translation.



      -  

words blow (shofar) =  lute (ancient string instrument) = 

  

pipe (ancient ﬂute-like instrument) =  resounding =  loud-clashing = 

word parts and = 

God = 

of = 

with/in = 

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Practice these words and phrases.



  

  

 

        

         

       

          

  -     

      

     

      

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      

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   -  

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    

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TRANSLATION Review the vocabulary and make your best guess at the meaning of this verse. all = 

words

God = 

soul = 

the = 

word parts

Take your best guess at the meaning of this text. Your teacher will help you with your translation.



.     _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

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Practice the first 15 verses of the  (Psalm 145). It is found in the morning and Torah services.

 

   

 

 

  

   

  

  

  

  

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    

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 

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   

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   

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  

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   

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David Experiences this Psalm LET EVERY LIVING THING PRAISE GOD. HALLELUYAH! (Psalm 150.6) When King David completed the last line of the last psalm, he bragged to God, “Creator of the Universe! Is there any creature in Your world that has sung praises to Your Name more than I have?” Suddenly, a toad lept up on a rock and croaked, “Don’t let it go to your head, for I sing far more praises to God in a single day than you could in a lifetime!” (Yalkut Shim’oni on Psalm 150:6)

Questions

1. What lesson does the frog teach King David about praising God? 2. Why is this a good lesson to remember when we sing Psalm 150?

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