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Verse Psalms 148:8. _FIRE, AND HAIL; SNOW, AND VAPOURS_] All kinds of
meteors, water, and fire, in all their forms and combinations. And
_air_, whether in the gentle _breeze_, the _gale_, the _whirlwi...
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FIRE, AND HAIL - Fire, when accompanied by hail; that is, the
lightning. See Psalms 18:12.
SNOW, AND VAPORS - Snow and clouds. It was not unnatural that these
should be combined, or suggested togethe...
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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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WIND. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9....
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Let earth and all that is therein praise Jehovah for the revelation of
His majesty....
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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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Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
FIRE - lightning.
VAPOUR - the result of fire and water together. Hengstenberg
translates, 'smoke;' the dark smoke contrasting w...
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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!"
(MARK 4:39)
PSALMS 148...
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FIRE._ — Lightning,_ as in Psalms 18:12; Psalms 105:32. where it is
also found with “hail.”
VAPOURS. — The same Hebrew word in Genesis 19:28 and Psalms 119:83
is rendered “smoke,” and from the use of...
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אֵ֣שׁ וּ֭ בָרָד שֶׁ֣לֶג וְ קִיטֹ֑ור
ר֥וּחַ סְ֝עָרָ֗ה עֹשָׂ֥ה דְבָרֹֽו׃...
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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 pra...
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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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(f) Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
(f) Which come not by chance or fortune, but by God's appointed
ordinance....
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_Word. For the punishment of the wicked, (Calmet) and to strike the
saints with awe. (Haydock)_...
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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...
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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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FIRE, AND HAIL,.... These, and what follow in this verse, are in the
air, but are what are exhaled or drawn up from the earth or water;
"fire" is lightning, which is very swift in its motion, and powe...
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Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
_Ver 8. Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours_] This latter is the matter
of those former meteors which he purposely mingleth with those...
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_Fire_ Lightning, thunderbolts, fiery meteors, in which God shows his
wonderful power, lighting up those powerful flames, even in cold
regions, which are far removed from subterraneous fires. And the...
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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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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...
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FIRE; lightnings and other fire-works of the air. VAPOURS, or fumes;
hot exhalations, as the word properly signifies, as cold exhalations
are comprehended under the title of snow. And both of them, ar...
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Psalms 148:8 Fire H784 hail H1259 snow H7950 clouds H7008 Stormy H5591
wind H7307 fulfilling H6213 (H8802) word H1697
Fire - Psalms 147:15-18; Genesis 19:24; Exodus 9:23-25; Leviticus
10:2;...
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Psalms 148:8
I. "Fulfilling His word." Somehow or other, then, His word is
fulfilled in the devastation and disfigurement of that which His own
hands have made; and the agent which inflicts it obeys...
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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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Amos 4:13; Amos 7:4; Exodus 10:13; Exodus 10:19; Exodus 14:21; Exodus
9:23; Genesis 19:24; Isaiah 66:16; Job 37:2; Job 38:22;...
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Fire — Lightnings and other fireworks of the air. Vapour — Or,
fumes: hot exhalations. Fulfilling his word — Executing his
commands, either for the comfort or punishment of the inhabitants of
the eart...