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.
Praise ye Yahwe.
—Psalm 150:6.
The praise of Yahwe shall my mouth speak;
And let all flesh bless his holy name
For ever and ever.
—Psalm 145:21.
The dead praise not Yahwe,
Nor any who go down into silence;