Psalms 148:1

From the heavens] i.e. angels and the heavenly bodies.

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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 i...
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:...
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....
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...
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, "Pr...
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 auth...
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 t...
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”...
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

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...
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 m...
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...
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 t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Invitation to Praise. 1 Praise ye the L ORD . Praise ye the L ORD...
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...
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

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 inhabita...
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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

¹ Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 148:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 148:1