Psaume 148:1-11

1 Louez l'Éternel! Louez l'Éternel dans les cieux; louez-le dans les plus hauts lieux!
2 Tous ses anges, louez-le; toutes ses armées, louez-le!
3 Louez-le, soleil et lune; louez-le toutes, étoiles brillantes!
4 Louez-le, cieux des cieux, et vous, eaux qui êtes au-dessus des cieux!
5 Qu'ils louent le nom de l'Éternel; car il a commandé, et ils ont été créés.
6 Il les a affermis pour toujours, à perpétuité; il y a mis un ordre qui ne changera point.
7 Louez l'Éternel sur la terre; vous, monstres marins, et tous les abîmes;
8 Feu et grêle, neige et vapeur, vents de tempête, qui exécutez sa parole;
9 Montagnes et toutes les collines; arbres à fruit et tous les cèdres;
10 Bêtes sauvages et tout le bétail; reptiles et oiseaux ailés;
11 Rois de la terre, et tous les peuples; princes, et tous les juges de la terre;

Psaume 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.

The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.