# Psalms 150.6 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 4. Praise him with timbrel and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe. 5. Praise him with loud cymbals: Praise him with high sounding cymbals. > > **6. Let everything that hath breath praise Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah.** (Psalms 150:4-6, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 4. Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute! 5. Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals! > > **6. Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!** (Psalms 150:4-6, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 4. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. dance: or, pipe 5. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. > > **6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.** (Psalms 150:4-6, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 4. Praise Him with timbrel and dance, Praise Him with stringed instruments and organ. 5. Praise Him with cymbals of sounding, Praise Him with cymbals of shouting. > > **6. All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah!** (Psalms 150:4-6, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous) - **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion) - **Location:** Israel, various periods - **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC ## Theological reading ## Key words _No Strong's-tagged lexicon matches found in this passage. (Lexicon coverage is curated, ~159 of the most apologetically-loaded Greek/Hebrew terms.)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.