. . .Page_23">23 and potent source of help than the mortal human prince who goeth so soon to the grave and whose thoughts and plans then perish forever. (Psalm 146:3, 4.)

As the hymns in praise of Yahwe quite fittingly begin with Hallelujah “Praise ye Yahwe,” so also the great majority of them come to a conclusion with “Hallelujah.” (Psalms 150, 149, 148, 147, 146, 135, 117, 115, 113, 104.) There are a few hymns which have not the Hallelujah at the close (Psalms 29, 33, 111, 145), but these are not typical hymns. Psalms 29 and 33 do not use “Hallelujah” in the opening call to praise, while 111 and 145 are individual and alphabetical hymns of praise, in which “Hallelujah” could not well be made an integral part of the hymn. On the other hand a number of hymns have a longer and stronger concluding call to praise than the simple “Hallelujah”:

Let everything that breatheth praise Yahwe.

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