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, the stars, and other creatures, as to their situation, motion and influence; which, though inanimate, they never transgress.
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...
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...
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...
WHICH SHALL NOT PASS: or, which [they] shall not pass....
Let the heavens and all that is in them praise Jehovah their Creator....
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...
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
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...
148:6 pass. (d-18) Or 'which they do not transgress.'...
This is the 'Gloria in Excelsis' of the Psalter, wherein all created things, animate and inanimate, are called upon to praise Jehovah....
WHICH SHALL NOT PASS] RM'which none shall transgress.'...
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!" ...
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...
וַ יַּעֲמִידֵ֣ם לָ עַ֣ד לְ עֹולָ֑ם חָק
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....
_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...
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,...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
Psalms 148:6 established H5975 (H8686) forever H5703 ever H5769 made H5414 (H8804) decree H2706 away H5674 ...
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...
Isaiah 54:9; Jeremiah 31:35; Jeremiah 31:36; Jeremiah 33:25; Job 38:
Established — He hath made them constant and incorruptible, not changeable, as the things of the lower world. A decree — Concerning their continuance....