Salmos 148:1-9

1 Alabad a Dios desde los cielos; alabadle en las alturas

2 Alabadle, vosotros todos sus ángeles; alabadle, vosotros todos sus ejércitos

3 Alabadle, el sol y la luna: alabadle, todas las estrellas de luz

4 Alabadle, los cielos de los cielos; y las aguas que están sobre los cielos

5 Alaben el Nombre del SEÑOR; porque él mandó, y fueron creados

6 Y los hizo ser para siempre por el siglo; les puso ley que no será quebrantada

7 Alabad al SEÑOR, desde la tierra, los dragones y todos los abismos

8 el fuego y el granizo, la nieve y el vapor, el viento de tempestad que ejecuta su palabra

9 los montes y todos los collados; el árbol de fruto, y todos los cedros

Salmos 148:1-9 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.