Psalms 148:5-14

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:

11 Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth:

12 Young men and virgins; old men and children:

13 Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven.

14 He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.

Psalms 148:5-14 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.