Let Everything That Has Breath Praise the LORD

1Alleluia. Praise God in his holy places: praise him in the firmament of his power.

2Praise him on account of his mighty acts: praise him according to his abundant greatness.

3Praise him with the sound of a trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp.

4Praise him with timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and the organ.

5Praise him with melodious cymbals: praise him with loud cymbals.

6Let every thing that has breath praise the Lord. This Psalm is a genuine one of David, though supernumerary, composed when he fought in single combat with Goliad. (151:1) I was small among my brethren, and youngest in my father's house: I tended my father's sheep. (151:2) My hands formed a musical instrument, and my fingers tuned a psaltery. (151:3) And who shall tell my Lord? the Lord himself, he himself hears. (151:4) He sent forth his angel, and took me from my father's sheep, and he anointed me with the oil of his anointing. (151:5) My brothers were handsome and tall; but the Lord did not take pleasure in them. (151:6) I went forth to meet the Philistine; and he cursed me by his idols. (151:7) But I drew his own sword, and beheaded him, and removed reproach from the children of Israel.