Origen
Patristic
c. A.D. 184–253
“The trumpet is the contemplative mind or the mind by which the teaching of the spirit is embraced. The harp is the busy mind that is quickened by the commands of Christ.”
The interpretation timeline
Ps 150:3
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
3 Patristic · 1 Catholic
Ps 150:3 · Douay-Rheims
“Praise him with sound of trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp.”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
254
A.D.
176 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
430
A.D.
Augustine of Hippo
Patristic
A.D. 354–430
“"Praise Him in the sound of the trumpet" [Psalm 150:3]: on account of the surpassing clearness of note of their praise. "Praise Him in the psaltery and harp." The psaltery praises God from things above, the harp praises God from things below; I mean, from things in heaven, and things in earth, as He who made heaven and earth. We have already in another Psalm, explained that the psaltery has that board, whereon the series of strings rests that it may give a better sound, above, whereas the harp has it below.”
455
A.D.
Arnobius the Younger
Patristic
d. A.D. 455
“Let us praise him on the psaltery and on the harp, supposing that on the harp we may embrace the wood of the cross and on the psaltery we may maintain the universal confession. The sound is harsh because the confession is not held in unity.”
1,394 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Trumpet. This instrument was reserved for priests, Numbers x. 2. The nine others might be used by Levites. (Calmet) — The precise signification of them is not known. (Berthier)”
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.