Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 148:4
Heavens of heavens — Ye highest heavens, the place of God's throne. Waters — Ye clouds which are above a part of the heavens.
Heavens of heavens — Ye highest heavens, the place of God's throne. Waters — Ye clouds which are above a part of the heavens.
Verse Psalms 148:4. _HEAVENS OF HEAVENS_] Heavens exceeding heavens. Systems of systems extending as far beyond the solar system, as it does beyond the lowest deeps. The endless systematic concatenati...
PRAISE HIM, YE HEAVENS OF HEAVENS - Referring to the idea that there is one heaven rising above another. See the notes at Psalms 68:33. See 1 Kings 8:27 : “Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens can...
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...
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...
Let the heavens and all that is in them praise Jehovah their Creator....
_heavens of heavens_ i.e. the highest heavens. Cp. Psalms 68:33; Deuteronomy 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27 (2 Chronicles 6:18);...
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
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. PRAISE HIM, YE HEAVENS OF HEAVENS - the highest heavens: as "holy of holies" is in Hebrew idiom the superlative, "the mos...
This is the 'Gloria in Excelsis' of the Psalter, wherein all created things, animate and inanimate, are called upon to praise Jehovah....
WATERS THAT _be_ ABOVE THE HEAVENS] So God divided the waters: see Genesis 1:6; Genesis 1:7....
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!" ...
HEAVENS OF HEAVENS. — See Psalms 68:33, and references. Before passing downwards to the earth the invocation pauses to combine all the heights, which have been before addressed in the expression which...
הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ שְׁמֵ֣י הַ שָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝ הַ מַּ
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...
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...
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....
Praise him, ye (c) heavens of heavens, and ye (d) waters that [be] above the heavens. (c) Not that there are various heavens, but because of the spheres and of the situation of the fixed stars and pl...
_Of heavens. The highest and most excellent, (Calmet) though not the abode of the angels, which had been specified before. --- Heavens, in the clouds. It is not necessary to allow these waters to be a...
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...
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,...
PRAISE HIM, YE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS,.... All the heavens, the airy and starry heavens; and the third heaven, the residence of God, angels and saints: these are made by the Lord, and declare the glory of...
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens. Ver. 4. _Praise him, ye heavens of heavens_] Whereby he meaneth not the lowest heavens, the air whereon we breathe, and w...
_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...
Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, the very highest heaven, or the fullness of the heavens, as the abode of Almighty God, AND YE WATERS THAT BE ABOVE THE HEAVENS, beyond the firmament, Genesis 1:7....
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...
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...
YE HEAVENS OF HEAVENS; ye highest and most glorious heavens, the place of God's throne and glorious presence, as this phrase is used, Deuteronomy 10:14 1 Kings 8:27 Nehemiah 9:6...
Psalms 148:4 Praise H1984 (H8761) heavens H8064 heavens H8064 waters H4325 heavens H8064 heavens -...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 8:27; 2 Corinthians 12:2; Genesis 1:7; Genesis 7:11; Psalms