Psalms 148:5

They owe their being wholly to God's good will.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 148:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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....
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:...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 stablish...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is the 'Gloria in Excelsis' of the Psalter, wherein all created things, animate and inanimate, are called upon to praise Jehovah.
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 cr...
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 cont...
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 1...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 cele...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 m...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 work...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Invitation to Praise. 1 Praise ye the L ORD . Praise ye the L ORD...
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...
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 noticin...
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....
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 va...
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 ( Ps...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let them praise the name of the Lord, setting forth in grateful songs His wonderful essence and attributes; for He commanded, and they were created,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 148:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 148:5