Psalms 148:1-10

1 Give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised from the heavens: give him praise in the skies.

2 Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies.

3 Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light.

4 Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.

5 Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he gave the order, and they were made.

6 He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken.

7 Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places:

8 Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:

9 Mountains and all hills; fruit-trees and all trees of the mountains:

10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:

Psalms 148:1-10 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.