Salmos 148:3-13

3 Louvem-no sol e lua,louvem-no todas as estrelas cintilantes.

4 Louvem-no os mais altos céuse as águas acima do firmamento.

5 Louvem todos eles o nome do SENHOR,pois ordenou, e eles foram criados.

6 Ele os estabeleceu em seus lugares para todo o sempre;deu-lhes um decreto que jamais mudará.

7 Louvem o SENHOR, vocês que estão na terra,serpentes marinhas e todas as profundezas,

8 relâmpagos e granizo, neve e neblina,vendavais que cumprem o que ele determina,

9 todas as montanhas e colinas,árvores frutíferas e todos os cedros,

10 todos os animais selvagens e os rebanhos domésticos,todos os demais seres vivos e as aves,

11 reis da terra e todas as nações,todos os governantes e juízes da terra,

12 moços e moças, velhos e crianças.

13 Louvem todos o nome do SENHOR,pois somente o seu nome é exaltado;a sua majestade está acima da terra e dos céus.

Salmos 148:3-13 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.