Its cantata-like structure ... and stylistic affinity with the Missa solemnis place it in the late St. Florian years, though its enormous dimensions ... are difficult to reconcile with the resources of the monastery.

[8] Twenty years later, during the 25th Ebrach Summer Music Festival, a next performance by Gerd Schaller with the Philharmonie Festiva orchestra and the Philharmonic Choir of Munich occurred on 6 September 2015.

[9][10]Celebrating Bruckner's bicentennial 2024, Psalm 146 was performed on 7 June 2024 by Franz Anton Krager conducting the Texas Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus in the Moores Opera House Houston TX.

The 652-bar long work in A major is scored for SSAATTBB choir and SATB soloists and orchestra (1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 4 trombones, timpani and strings).

The work (total duration about 30 minutes) is divided into six parts: As in the Missa solemnis there are clear influences of Haydn and Schubert, particularly in the ariosos.

There are in the Finale two passages with brass instrument chords followed by an Alleluja, for which Bruckner drew his inspiration from the Hallelujah of Händel's Messiah, on which he often improvised on organ.