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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 148:11

Verse Psalms 148:11. Kings of the earth] As being representatives of the Most High; and all people-the nations governed by them. Princes, as governors of provinces, and all judges executing those laws that bind man to man, and regulate and preserve civil society; praise God, from whom ye have derived your power and influence: for by him kings reign. And let the people magnify God for civil and social institutions, and for the laws by which, under him, their lives and properties are preserved.

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See also Psalms 148:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    KINGS OF THE EARTH, AND ALL PEOPLE - This would embrace all, as all are included in the idea of the rulers and the ruled. PRINCES, AND ALL JUDGES OF THE EARTH - Those of exalted rank; those high in au...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PEOPLE. peoples....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Let earth and all that is therein praise Jehovah for the revelation of His majesty....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Last of all man, as the crown of creation (Genesis 1:26), is summoned to join the chorus, without distinction of rank or age or sex. _all people_ Peoples, naturally coupled with _kings_....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: KINGS OF THE EARTH - the earthly representatives of God's all-ruling power. AND ALL PEOPLE. Even the humble, as well as...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    148:11 peoples, (e-7) _ Leummim_ . see Psalms 2:1 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is the 'Gloria in Excelsis' of the Psalter, wherein all created things, animate and inanimate, are called upon to praise Jehovah....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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!" ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ALL PEOPLE. — And now the whole animate and inanimate universe having been summoned, man takes his place as leader of the choir; and here the poet’s language is couched so as to include all, all ranks...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מַלְכֵי ־אֶ֭רֶץ וְ כָל ־לְאֻמִּ֑ים שָׂ֝רִ֗ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (g) Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: (g) For the greater gifts that any has received and the more high that one is preferred, the more bound is he to praise G...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Kings, &c. God is to be praised for the diversity of states, whereby the whole community is preserved._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    In these verses, the sacred penman riseth to the higher order of beings upon the earth, the intelligent and rational parts of God's creation; and, in the several degrees of kings and peasants, young a...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._Kings of the earth_, _etc_. He now turns his address to men, with a respect to whom it was that he called for a declaration of God’s praises from creatures, both above and from beneath. As kings a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    KINGS OF THE EARTH, AND ALL PEOPLE,.... The order of the creation is pretty much observed throughout the whole of this account; and as man was made last of all, so here he is called upon last to prais...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Ver. 11. _Kings of the earth_] These are doublybound to God (as Queen Elizabeth wrote to the French king); first, as they are...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Kings of the earth, and all people_ “After the whole creation hath been called upon to praise Jehovah, man, for whom the whole was made; man, the last and most perfect work of God; man, that hath bee...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    kings of the earth, the individual kings of the various nations, AND ALL PEOPLE, human beings as divided into nations; PRINCES AND ALL JUDGES OF THE EARTH, those in charge of the administration of jus...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    KINGS OF THE EARTH; who, though you are called _gods_, and adored like gods by your subjects, yet are but men, and the creatures and subjects of this sovereign Lord, to whom you owe both your being, a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 148:11 Kings H4428 earth H776 peoples H3816 Princes H8269 judges H8199 (H8802) earth H776 Kings -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 148:7 Next the psalm invites the creatures under the heavens to PRAISE THE LORD: the GREAT SEA CREATURES AND ALL ocean...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 60:3; Proverbs 8:15; Proverbs 8:16; Psalms 102:1

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