Psalms 148:1-8

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens. Praise him in the heights above.
2 Praise him, all his angels. Praise him, his entire heavenly army.
3 Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all shining stars.
4 Praise him, you highest heaven and the water above the sky.
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD because they were created by his command.
6 He set them in their places forever and ever. He made it a law that no one can break.
7 Praise the LORD from the earth. Praise him, large sea creatures and all the ocean depths,
8 lightning and hail, snow and fog, strong winds that obey his commands,

Psalms 148:1-8 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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