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Psalms 148:7

Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons - sea monsters, taniyniym (H8577) (Psalms 74:13). They are specially named because by their monstrous size they attest the infinite greatness of God's creative power. "From the earth," the sphere whence the praise is to emanate: answering to Psalms 148:1, "from the heavens."

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See also Psalms 148:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 148:7. _PRAISE THE LORD FROM THE EARTH_] As in the first address, he calls upon the heavens and all that _belong to them_; so here, in this second part, he calls upon the earth, and all _...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    PRAISE THE LORD FROM THE EARTH - From among those who dwell on the earth. In respect to terrestrial objects, let these also unite in the praise of God. YE DRAGONS - On the meaning of this word, see Ps...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Ps...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXLVIII. AN INVITATION TO BLESS YAHWEH. It is addressed, Psalms 148:1 to the heavens and all that therein is, Psalms 148:7 to the earth: Psalms 148:13 f. gives the reason for which above all Yahweh is...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE EARTH. Note the change and see Structure above. DRAGONS. sea monsters....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Let earth and all that is therein praise Jehovah for the revelation of His majesty....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _dragons, and all deeps_ The sea-monsters of Genesis 1:21, and the depths of ocean which they were supposed to inhabit [90]. [90] Robertson Smith (_Rel. of the Semites_, p. 161) suggests that the _ta...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    PRAISE THE LORD FROM THE EARTH— _Praise the Lord, ye_ [or _ye creatures_] _of the earth; ye sea-animals,_ or _crocodiles,_ or _whales,_ &c. And so the first verse should be rendered, _praise the Lord,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 148 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Praise Invoked from All Creation. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 148:1-6, All Things in Heaven called upon to Praise Jehovahfor Reasons Given. Stanza II., Psalms 148:7-14

  • 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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ EVERYTHING - *PRAISE THE *LORD! PSALMS 148 THE 3RD *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus *commanded the wind and the sea, "Be quiet, and stay quiet!" ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    EARTH· — The invocation now passes downwards, and the first sound of terrestrial praise is to come, according to the order of Creation in Genesis 1, from the sea-monsters (for which see Note, Psalms 7...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַֽלְל֣וּ אֶת ־יְ֭הוָה מִן ־הָ אָ֑רֶץ תַּ֝נִּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 148:1 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 several o...

  • 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 of prai...

  • 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....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Praise the LORD from the earth, ye (e) dragons, and all deeps: (e) Meaning the great and monstrous fishes, as whales and such like....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Earth. All ye inhabitants. (Haydock) --- He then addresses whales, and all in the seas._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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 Mak...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._Praise Jehovah_, _etc_. He now comes to the lower parts of the world; although deviating at the same time from the exact order, he mixes up such things as are produced in the air — lightning’s, sno...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 148 calls first on heaven, and all in it, to take their part in the great Hallelujah, and praise Jehovah who had created and sustains them in their place; and then on the earth, with all in it,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    PRAISE THE LORD FROM THE EARTH,.... Let his praise resound from all creatures on earth, and reach him in the highest heavens; this phrase comprehends all terrestrial beings afterwards particularly men...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Ver. 7. _Praise the Lord from the earth_] The psalmist proceedeth to factor for God among the inferior creatures; beginning with the lowest...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps_ “From heaven above the psalmist descends to the deep beneath, which, while it proclaims the power, observes the laws and decrees of him who...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 earth t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, the mighty monsters of the sea, AND ALL DEEPS, the great oceans;...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-14 Even in this world, dark and bad as it is, God is praised. The powers of nature, be they ever so strong, so stormy, do what God appoints them, and no more. Those that rebel against God's word, s...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Either, 1. Dragons and serpents, which abide in the deep caverns and holes of the earth; or, 2. Whales or other sea-monsters, which dwell in the depths of the sea, which are oft called by this name,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 148:7 Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD H3068 earth H776 creatures H8577 depths H8415 from the earth -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 148:7 _(with Revelation 15:3)_ The highest forms under which we can now think are art-forms: the proportions of statuary and architecture, the colour of painting and music. The former are limi...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 i...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: A call to all living things to praise God. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: No place is too high for the praises of the Most High. All creatures on earth should also speak the Lord's praise, f...

  • 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 the...

  • 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. The greater...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 148:1. All of God’s creatures should join in praising him. The concluding verse, regarding God’s special people Israel, may refer to some particular event such as the return...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 148:7 Next the psalm invites the creatures under the heavens to PRAISE THE LORD: the GREAT SEA CREATURES AND ALL ocean...

  • The 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 an...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 earth to pr...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him from the heights. Praise him, all ye his angels: praise him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun, moon: stars of light. The heavens of heavens, the waters...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 1:21; Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 43:20; Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 51:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Dragons — Either serpents, which hide in the deep caverns of the earth; or whales, and other sea — monsters, which dwell in the depths of the sea....

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