“ Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. ”
Let them praise the name of the Lord - That is, Let them praise Yahweh himself - the name being often put for the person or thing referred to. For he commanded, and they were created - He sho...
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...
5. Let them praise the name, etc. As he speaks of things wanting intelligence, he passes to the third person, from which we infer that his reason for having spoken in the second person hith...
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. He commanded, and they were created - He spake the word expressive of the idea in his infinite mind; and they sprang int...
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. For he commanded, and they were created. He hath also stablished them forever and ever. Herein are stated the gr...
This is the 'Gloria in Excelsis' of the Psalter, wherein all created things, animate and inanimate, are called upon to praise Jehovah.
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....
He next looks to the heavenly host, angels, and the brighter order of celestial beings, who minister unceasingly to Jehovah. John in a vision, beheld the hierarchies thus engaged, and heard their son...
Let them praise the name of the Lord ,.... Set forth the glory of the nature and perfections of God, and celebrate the praise of them; even all celestial creatures, the angels, the hosts of heaven,...
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. Ver. 5. For he commanded, and they were created ] His fiat only made all; this is celebrated by that heavenly choir...
Let them praise the name of the Lord “Who hath set forth his most transcendent wisdom, power, and magnificence in such a variety of stupendous works, that there is not the smallest of them, but min...
An Invitation to Praise. 1 Praise ye the L ORD . Praise ye the L ORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2...
They owe their being wholly to God's good will.
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...
Amos 9:6 ; Genesis 1:1 ; Genesis 1:2 ; Genesis 1:6 ; Jeremiah 10:11-13 ; Psalms 33:6-9 ; Psalms 95:5 ; Revelation 4:11