The Hallelujah Chorus

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Psalms 150:6

Godsgreenhouse.net Psalm 150 has been appropriately titled “The Hallelujah Chorus” of the Hebrew hymn book (Phillips). It is labeled a “Double Hallelujah Psalm” because it begins and ends the same: “Praise the Lord!” It was written 2,700 years before Handel’s Messiah but its composition (both in words and music) may excel Handel’s work. We must remember the Psalms are actually songs. Psalm 150 serves as the climax of the entire psalm/hymn book. Wonder how it sounded? First, triumphant. Second, triumphant. Third, triumphant. One can only imagine the voices shouting in triumph that their God is the one God of the universe…a Being not only in awesome might but also in grace, mercy, love and holiness. It is a Psalm that lifts our spirits, our hearts, and causes us to look up…because looking up helps us see the One that is the solution to life. Praise the Lord!

Tom Swartzwelder was born again at the age of nine in an old-fashioned revival meeting. Tom received his B.A. from Tennessee Temple University and his M. Div from Luther Rice Seminary. He

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