Psalms 148:1-6

Psalm 148

1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from heaven! Praise God on the heights!
2 Praise God, all of you who are his messengers! Praise God, all of you who comprise his heavenly forces!
3 Sun and moon, praise God! All of you bright stars, praise God!
4 You highest heaven, praise God! Do the same, you waters that are above the sky!
5 Let all of these praise the LORD's name because God gave the command and they were created!
6 God set them in place always and forever. God made a law that will not be broken.

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.

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