Psalm 150 (Call To Worship)
Kurt Carr's "Psalm 150 (Call To Worship)" is a vibrant gospel anthem that directly adapts the biblical Psalm 150, urging all creation to praise God. The song alternates between a powerful choir and a worship leader's exhortations, listing various instruments and settings for praise, from the sanctuary to the heavens. It emphasizes that everything with breath should praise the Lord, creating an atmosphere of exuberant worship. The track is a call to corporate and personal adoration, celebrating God's mighty acts and excellent greatness.
[Choir:]
Praise ye the Lord
Praise ye the Lord
All ye people, praise ye the Lord...
Praise ye the Lord
Praise ye the Lord...
Let everything that has breath...
Let everything praise the Lord!
[Worship Leader:]
Praise ye the Lord!
Praise him in the sanctuary;
Praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him for his mighty acts;
Praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet;
Praise him with the psaltery and the harp.
Praise him with the timbrel,
And let all God's people praise him in the dance.
Praise him with stringed instruments,
And let his praise resound on the organs.
In one great majestic chorus,
Let's praise him...
[Choir sings / worship leader continues to speak:]
Praise ye the Lord,
(... upon the loud cymbals!)
Praise ye the Lord!
(And let's praise him on the highest sounding cymbals!
Let everything that...)
Let every thing...
(Has breath)
That has breath praise...
(Ah, yes! We are commanded to do so!)
Let everything praise...
(Every living thing, give him praise!)
Let everything praise...
(Every breathing thing, give him glory!)
Let everything praise...
(Hallelujah, everyone under the sound of our voice!)
Let everything praise...
(Praise the Lord!)
Praise the Lord!
(Let's praise...)
The Lord!
(Come on everybody, lift your voice
And praise the Lord! Hallelujah!)