Psalms 148:4

heavens of heavens i.e. the highest heavens. Cp. Psalms 68:33; Deuteronomy 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27 (2 Chronicles 6:18); 1 Chronicles 2:6; Nehemiah 9:6; Sir 16:18. It is doubtful whether the idea of a plurality of heavens, three (2 Corinthians 12:2) or seven, which is prominent in later Jewish literature, was already current. See however Salmond in Hastings" Dict. of the Bible, 11. 321, who thinks that it is implied by this phrase.

ye waters that be above the heavens The great reservoir of waters supposed to exist above the -firmament," the source of rain. See Genesis 1:6-7; Psalms 104:3.