Psalms 148:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. ”

Psalms 148:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Praise ye the Lord - See the notes at Psalms 146:1 . Praise ye the Lord from the heavens - On the part of the heavens. Let those who dwell in heaven begin the song. Praise him in the heig...
Psalms 148:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXLVIII. An Invitation to Bless Yahweh. It is addressed, Psalms 148:1-6 to the heavens and all that therein is, Psalms 148:7-12 to the earth: Psalms 148:13 f. gives the reason for which above...
Psalms 148:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The third of the last five Hallelujah Psalms. The LEVITICUS Psalm. Compare Psalms 148:14 with Leviticus 10:3 . Praise ye THE LORD. Hallelu-JAH. App-4. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. with 'eth...
Psalms 148:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Praise Jehovah from the heavens He seems here to include the stars as well as the angels, and, therefore, heaven itself, the air, and all that is gendered in it; for afterwards a division...
Psalms 148:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens - The Chaldee translates, "Praise the Lord, ye holy creatures from the heavens....
Psalms 148:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Psalmist exhorteth the celestial, the terrestrial, and the rational creatures to praise God. THIS too is a psalm of praise; in which the author calls upon heaven and earth, with all that is i...
Psalms 148:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Psalms 148:1-14 .-Praise for God's having raised Israel to national stability from depression. All things a...
Psalms 148:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

From the heavens ] i.e. angels and the heavenly bodies.
Psalms 148:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

From the heavens... in the heights. — Some would render ye of the heavens, but the parallelism is in favour of the Authorised Version. “Heavens” and “heights” in this verse, and “angels” and “hos...
Psalms 148:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 148:1-14 THE mercy granted to Israel ( Psalms 148:14 ) is, in the psalmist's estimation, worthy to call forth strains of praise from all creatures. It is the same conception as is found in...
Psalms 148:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Creation's Song of Praise Psalms 148:1-14 The “Benedicite” in the Book of Common Prayer is based on this psalm. The sacred minstrel is not content that he or his people should have a monopoly o...
Psalms 148:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the psalm of the whole creation. It has two movements indicated by the words “From the havens” (v. Psa 148:1), and “From the Earth” (v. Psa 148:7). In the first the scale is a descending one....
Psalms 148:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS Here is a farther continuation of the same hymn of praise. The Psalmist, in a beautiful gradation, calls upon all creation to join the song. Psalms 148:1 The inspired writer, after open...
Psalms 148:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Praise ye the Lord ,.... Or, hallelujah: which, in some versions, and with some interpreters, is the title of the psalm; expressive of the subject matter of it, the praise of the Lord; and is an exh...
Psalms 148:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Ver. 1. Praise the Lord ] And again, "Praise ye the Lord"; and so often, in this the rest of the hallelujatical...
Psalms 148:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Praise ye the Lord Bishop Lowth, speaking of the origin of this divine ode, observes, “that it had its birth from the most pleasing affections of the human soul, joy, love, admiration.” “If we cont...
Psalms 148:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Invitation to Praise. 1 Praise ye the L ORD . Praise ye the L ORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2...
Psalms 148:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 148 THE ARGUMENT . The nature of this Psalm is for substance the same with the former, containing an invitation to all the creatures to praise God for his manifold blessings. The psalmist exho...
Psalms 148:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “In this splendid anthem the Psalmist calls upon the whole creation, in its two great divisions (according to the Hebrew conception) of heaven and earth, to praise Jehovah. Things with...
Psalms 148:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We will first read a short Psalm inciting all to praise the Lord, and then we will read part of the first chapter of Luke's Gospel, specially noticing Mary's song of praise. It is a blessed thing to...
Psalms 148:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This is another hallelujah psalm of Haggai and of Zechariah the prophets, in which all nature is made the choir, and Jehovah the object of the song. Psalms 148:4 . Ye heavens of heavens. This is...
Psalms 148:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Praise ye the Lord from the heavens. The great, the greater, and the greatest: - I. The great. Sun, moon, stars, etc. 1. How boundless in variety. 2. How immeasurable in extent. II. Th...
Psalms 148:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm has been well called "the joy-song of creation." Israel, having received a signal manifestation of the Divine power ( Psalms 148:14 ), calls on all things in heaven and e...
Psalms 148:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Praise ye the Lord, the hallelujah being addressed at once to the highest sphere of creation. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens, all the inhabitants of the heavens being called upon to send forth...
Psalms 148:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 49:13 ; Luke 2:13 ; Luke 2:14 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 89:5 ; Revelation 19:1-6

Psalms 148:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 148:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 148:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 148:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 148:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 148:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 148:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 148:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 148:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 148:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 148:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 148:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 148:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 148:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 148:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge