Psalm 148:1-11

1 Halleluja! Lobet im Himmel den HERRN; lobet ihn in der Höhe!
2 Lobet ihn, alle seine Engel; lobet ihn, all sein Heer!
3 Lobet ihn, Sonne und Mond; lobet ihn, alle leuchtenden Sterne!
4 Lobet ihn, ihr Himmel allenthalben und die Wasser, die oben am Himmel sind!
5 Die sollen loben den Namen des HERRN; denn er gebot, da wurden sie geschaffen.
6 Er hält sie immer und ewiglich; er ordnet sie, daß sie nicht anders gehen dürfen.
7 Lobet den HERRN auf Erden, ihr Walfische und alle Tiefen;
8 Feuer, Hagel, Schnee und Dampf, Strumwinde, die sein Wort ausrichten;
9 Berge und alle Hügel, fruchtbare Bäume und alle Zedern;
10 Tiere und alles Vieh, Gewürm und Vögel;
11 ihr Könige auf Erden und alle Völker, Fürsten und alle Richter auf Erden;

Psalm 148:1-11 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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