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Verse Psalms 148:6. _HE HATH ALSO STABLISHED THEM_] He has determined
their respective _revolutions_, and the _times_ in which they are
performed, so exactly to show his all-comprehensive wisdom and s...
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HE HATH ALSO STABLISHED THEM FOREVER AND EVER - He has made them firm,
stable, enduring. That they may be eternal is possible; that they will
not be, no one can prove. Matter, when created, has no nec...
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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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WHICH SHALL NOT PASS: or, which [they] shall not pass....
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Let the heavens and all that is in them praise Jehovah their Creator....
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And he hath made them stand fast] To Him they owe not only their
original creation but their perpetual maintenance. Cp. Sir 43:26;
Colossians 1:17.
_he hath made a decree which shall not pass_ This re...
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HE HATH ALSO ESTABLISHED THEM— That is, the creatures before
mentioned, are, by God's providence, constantly preserved and
continued. _He made a decree,_ &c. that is, prescribed rules to the
heavens,...
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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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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 STABLISHED THEM
FOREVER AND EVER. Herein are stated the grounds...
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148:6 pass. (d-18) Or 'which they do not transgress.'...
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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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WHICH SHALL NOT PASS] RM'which none shall transgress.'...
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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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STABLISHED. — Literally, _made to stand,_ i.e., set them up.
HE HATH MADE... — Rather, _he hath made an ordinance, and will not
transgress it._ This is more obvious and natural than to supply a new
su...
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וַ יַּעֲמִידֵ֣ם לָ עַ֣ד לְ עֹולָ֑ם חָק
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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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_Away. The heavenly bodies observe the most constant order. (Haydock)
--- They are not liable to change, like sublunary things, (Calmet)
though God may suspend the laws which he has established. (Bert...
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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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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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HE HATH ALSO STABLISHED THEM FOR EVER AND EVER,.... The angels are
made immortal, and shall never die; and they are confirmed in their
state of happiness by Christ, and shall always continue in it; th...
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He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree
which shall not pass.
Ver. 6. _He hath also stablished them for ever_] viz. The course and
appointed motions of the heavens, whic...
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_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 works, that there is not the smallest of them, but
mini...
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He hath also stablished them forever and ever, firmly set them in
their place, subject only to the power of His changing hand; HE HATH
MADE A DECREE WHICH SHALL NOT PASS; for the laws of nature, as fi...
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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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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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STABLISHED THEM FOR EVER AND EVER; either absolutely, as to the
substance of them, or at least to the end of the world. He hath made
them constant and incorruptible, not changeable and perishing, as t...
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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 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...
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Isaiah 54:9; Jeremiah 31:35; Jeremiah 31:36; Jeremiah 33:25; Job 38:
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Established — He hath made them constant and incorruptible, not
changeable, as the things of the lower world. A decree — Concerning
their continuance....