Psalms 148:1-6

The Whole Creation Invoked to Praise the LORD.

1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD 1from the heavens; Praise Him 2in the heights!
2 Praise Him, 3all His angels; Praise Him, 4all His hosts!
3 Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light!
4 Praise Him, 5highest heavens, And the 6waters that are above * the heavens!
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, For 7He commanded and they were created.
6 He has also 8established them forever and ever; He has made a 9decree which will not pass away.

Psalms 148:1-6 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 9

  • 1. Psalms 69:34
  • 2. Job 16:19; Psalms 102:19; Matthew 21:9
  • 3. Psalms 103:20
  • 4. Psalms 103:21
  • 5. Deuteronomy 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalms 68:33
  • 6. Genesis 1:7
  • 7. Genesis 1:1; Psalms 33:6, 9
  • 8. Psalms 89:37; Jeremiah 31:35, 36; Jeremiah 33:20, 25
  • 9. Job 38:33

Footnotes 3

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