“ Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flyinga fowl: ”
Beasts, and all cattle - Wild beasts and tame; those which roam the forest, and those which have been domesticated for the service of man. As fruitful trees and cedars might include all the trees...
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...
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: Beasts - החיה hachaiyah, wild beasts of every kind. All cattle - בהמה behemah, all domestic animals; those used for the service of the house...
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: No JFB commentary on this verse.
This is the 'Gloria in Excelsis' of the Psalter, wherein all created things, animate and inanimate, are called upon to praise Jehovah.
So here we have wild animals and domesticated animals. (See Note, Psalms 50:10 .) Creeping things. — This seems to include all the smaller creatures that move on the ground, in contrast with...
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...
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...
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....
From heaven, the sacred writer descends to the earth, and calls upon everything, and every object he meets with, or can recall to his mind, to join the hymn, in honour of the One glorious Lord and Ma...
Beasts, and all cattle ,.... Wild and tame; the beasts of the field, and the cattle on a thousand hills, which are all the Lord's, made, supported, and supplied by him; he gives them their food and...
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: Ver. 10. Beasts ] i.e. Wild beasts, that are fullest of life; and therehence have their name in the Hebrew tongue. And all cattle ] D...
Mountains, and all hills These are of great use in the earth. From them descend the running streams into the valleys, without which animals could not live. On the mountains grow those vast trees wh...
An Invitation to Praise. 7 Praise the L ORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and v...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hallelujah by All Creatures to the God of Salvation. A song of praise, even more extensive in its scope than the preceding, all heavenly creatures being called upon to join with the beings on eart...
Ezekiel 17:23 ; Genesis 1:20-25 ; Genesis 7:14 ; Psalms 103:22 ; Psalms 150:6 ; Psalms 50:10 ; Psalms 50:11