Psalms 148:9-14

9 1Mountains and all hills; Fruit 2trees and all cedars;
10 3Beasts and all cattle; 4Creeping things and winged fowl;
11 5Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth;
12 Both young men and virgins; Old men and children.
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, For His 6name alone is exalted; His 7glory is above earth and heaven.
14 And He has 8lifted up a horn for His people, 9Praise for all His godly ones; Even for the sons of Israel, a people 10near to Him. Praise the LORD!

Psalms 148:9-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 148

This psalm seems to have been written about the same time, and by the same person, as the preceding; even by the psalmist David, when he was in profound peace, and at rest from all his enemies; and the kingdom of Israel was in a well settled and prosperous condition, both with respect to things civil and ecclesiastical, as appears from Ps 148:14. And as it may respect future time, the times of the Messiah, of whom David was a type, it will have its accomplishment in the latter day, when there will be just occasion for all creatures, in heaven and earth, to praise the Lord; and which the Evangelist John, in vision, saw and heard them doing, Re 5:11-13. Aben Ezra says, this psalm is exceeding glorious and excellent, and has deep secrets in it; in which the psalmist speaks of two worlds, the upper and the lower. As for the title of this psalm, the Septuagint, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, and Apollinarius, entitle it as the two preceding.

Cross References 10

  • 1. Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 49:13
  • 2. Isaiah 55:12
  • 3. Isaiah 43:20
  • 4. Hosea 2:18
  • 5. Psalms 102:15
  • 6. Isaiah 12:4
  • 7. Psalms 8:1; Psalms 113:4
  • 8. 1 Samuel 2:1; Psalms 75:10
  • 9. Deuteronomy 10:21; Psalms 109:1; Jeremiah 17:14
  • 10. Leviticus 10:3; Ephesians 2:17

Footnotes 2

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