Psalms 150:3-5
Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 150
8 songs meet this passage
“Groovy,groovy,jazzy,funky,pounce,bounce,dance as we”
Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) · Us3
resonates with Psalms 150:3-5
Scripture itself commands praise with instruments, dance, and sound; the sheer delight in rhythm here mirrors that spirit of joyful noise, even without devotional words.
Ordinary · Alex Warren
strains against Psalms 150:1-6
Hallelujah is praise reserved for God; here it's paired with hopelessness and aimed at a human relationship instead.
“Girls, hit your hallelujah”
Uptown Funk · Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
strains against Psalms 150:1-6
Borrows the language of praise but redirects it toward a dance floor flex rather than toward God, emptying the word of its original weight.
Multiplied · NEEDTOBREATHE
resonates with Psalms 150:1-6
The call for praise to grow and multiply echoes the psalm's crescendo of unrestrained worship.
“I got more rhymes than the Bible's got Psalms”
Jump Around · House of Pain
strains against Psalms 150:1-6
The Psalms call people to jump and shout in praise of God; here the energy of praise is borrowed for self-promotion instead.
Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E Minor, WoO 1: Allegro non troppo · Herbert von Karajan
resonates with Psalms 150:4
The exuberant dance rhythms recall the psalmist's call to praise God with dancing and instruments, even though this particular piece has no sacred text attached.
3 a.m. Eternal · The KLF
resonates with Psalms 150:4
The exuberant call to dance and make noise with instruments finds a loose echo here, even though the song's energy isn't directed toward God.
Turn the Beat Around · Gloria Estefan
resonates with Psalms 150:4
Scripture itself celebrates dancing and percussion as a form of joyful expression, which this song's exuberance about rhythm and movement naturally echoes, even though it isn't aimed at worship.