Psalms 148:7-14

7 laudate Dominum de terra dracones et omnes abyssi
8 ignis grando nix glacies spiritus procellarum quae faciunt verbum eius
9 montes et omnes colles ligna fructifera et omnes cedri
10 bestiae et universa pecora serpentes et volucres pinnatae
11 reges terrae et omnes populi principes et omnes iudices terrae
12 iuvenes et virgines senes cum iunioribus laudent nomen Domini
13 quia exaltatum est nomen eius solius
14 confessio eius super caelum et terram et exaltabit cornu populi sui hymnus omnibus sanctis eius filiis Israhel populo adpropinquanti sibi

Psalms 148:7-14 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.

The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.