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Verse Psalms 148:3. _PRAISE YE HIM, SUN AND MOON_] The meaning of this
address and all others to _inanimate nature_, is this: Every work of
God's hand partakes so much of his perfections, that it requ...
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PRAISE YE HIM, SUN AND MOON - The most conspicuous and glorious
objects in the heavens, as apparent to the eyes of people.
PRAISE HIM, ALL YE STARS OF LIGHT - A poetical expression to denote
bright or...
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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...
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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...
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STARS OF LIGHT. Genitive of Origin (App-17.). stars that give light.
lightbearers, as in Genesis 1:14....
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_all ye stars of light_ So the Heb. text. P.B.V. _stars and
light_follows the LXX (Vulg.)....
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Let the heavens and all that is in them praise Jehovah their Creator....
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PRAISE YE HIM, SUN AND MOON— The Psalmist proceeds to call upon the
inanimate part of the creation, as well as upon all living creatures,
to praise the Lord; who hath set forth his most transcendent w...
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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
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_PRAISE YE HIM, SUN AND MOON: PRAISE HIM, ALL YE STARS OF LIGHT._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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This is the 'Gloria in Excelsis' of the Psalter, wherein all created
things, animate and inanimate, are called upon to praise Jehovah....
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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!" ...
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הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ שֶׁ֣מֶשׁ וְ יָרֵ֑חַ
הַ֝לְל֗וּהוּ כָּל...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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Praise ye him, (b) sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
(b) In that God's glory shines in these insensible creatures, this
their beauty is as a continual praising of God....
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_And light. Hebrew, "of light," meaning the planets. (Kimchi) --- The
harmony of these things invites us to praise the Lord. Origen and St.
Hilary seem to represent them as intelligent. But (Calmet) w...
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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 song...
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3._Praise him, ye sun and moon _This passage gives no countenance to
the dream of Plato, that the stars excel in sense and intelligence.
Nor does the Psalmist give them the same place as he had just a...
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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,...
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PRAISE YE HIM, SUN AND MOON,.... The sun praises the Lord, the Creator
of it, by doing the work constantly it is appointed to do; to rule by
day, and give light and heat to the earth, and the inhabita...
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Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Ver. 3. _Praise ye him, sun and moon_] These do, after a sort,
declare the glory of God, Psa 19:1-2 Habakkuk 3:3; not with mind and
aff...
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_Praise him, sun and moon_, &c. You were adored by the blind heathen
for gods; you are but his creatures, and therefore would be obliged,
if you were capable of it, to worship and praise him for your...
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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...
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Praise ye Him, sun and moon, the largest and most important
light-bearers; praise Him, ALL YE STARS OF LIGHT, created to give
light upon the earth....
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1-6 We, in this dark and sinful world, know little of the heavenly
world of light. But we know that there is above us a world of blessed
angels. They are always praising God, therefore the psalmist s...
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SUN AND MOON; you which are adored by the blind heathens for gods, you
are but his creatures, and therefore were obliged, if you were
capable, to worship and praise him for your glorious light and
pow...
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Psalms 148:3 Praise H1984 (H8761) sun H8121 moon H3394 Praise H1984
(H8761) stars H3556 light H216...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Praise Him, all ye stars of light._
LESSONS OF THE STARS
1. One of the most impressive lessons we learn from a study of the
stars is the immensity of creation. As they crowd the sky on a clear,
brig...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...