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Psalm 148 Bible in Basic English

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  • Scholarly edition
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew (not verified)
  • NT: Critical text (not verified)
  • Protestant (66 books)
  • Simplified language
  • 1965
  • Public domain

Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings

Notes on this text (1)

1 Give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised from the heavens: give him praise in the skies. 2 Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies. 3 Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light. 4 Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens. 5 Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he gave the order, and they were made. 6 He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken. 7 Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places: 8 Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word: 9 Mountains and all hills; fruit-trees and all trees of the mountains: 10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds: 11 Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth: 12 Young men and virgins; old men and children: 13 Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven. 14 He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.

Cross references (14)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 89:5; Psalm 69:34; Revelation 19:1–6; Luke 2:13–14; Psalm 146:1
  2. 2 Psalm 103:20–21; Isaiah 6:2–4; Revelation 5:11–13; Ezekiel 3:12; Genesis 2:1
  3. 3 Psalm 19:1–6; Psalm 8:1–3; Psalm 136:7–9; Genesis 1:14–16; Psalm 89:36–37
  4. 4 1 Kings 8:27; Genesis 1:7; Deuteronomy 10:14; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 104:3
  5. 5 Revelation 4:11; Genesis 1:6; Psalm 33:6–9; Genesis 1:1–2; Jeremiah 10:11–13
  6. 6 Jeremiah 33:25; Jeremiah 31:35–36; Psalm 89:37; Job 38:33; Psalm 119:90–91
  7. 7 Psalm 74:13–14; Genesis 1:21; Psalm 104:25–26; Job 41:1–34; Isaiah 43:20
  8. 8 Psalm 147:15–18; Revelation 16:21; Revelation 16:8–9; Psalm 18:12; Numbers 16:35
  9. 9 Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 55:12–13; Psalm 97:4–5; Psalm 98:7–9
  10. 10 Genesis 1:20–25; Psalm 150:6; Psalm 103:22; Ezekiel 17:23; Genesis 7:14
  11. 11 Isaiah 60:3; Psalm 102:15; Revelation 21:24; Psalm 72:10–11; Psalm 68:31–32
  12. 12 Titus 2:4–6; Jeremiah 31:13; Matthew 21:15–16; Psalm 68:25; Psalm 8:2
  13. 13 Psalm 8:1; Psalm 113:4; Psalm 8:9; Isaiah 12:4; Psalm 99:3–4
  14. 14 Psalm 75:10; Ephesians 2:17; Deuteronomy 4:7; 1 Samuel 2:1; Psalm 112:9

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 148:5 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book II, Chapter II)

    David also expresses the same truth [when he says] "For He spake, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created." Whom, therefore, shall we believe as to the creation of the world--these heretics who have been mentioned that prate so foolishly and inconsistently on the subject, or the disciples of the Lord, and Moses, who was both a …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 148:1–12 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book VII, Chapters X–XV)

    But when, "from the heavens," these praise Thee, praise Thee, our God, "in the heights," all Thy "angels," all Thy "hosts," "sun and moon," all ye stars and light, "the heavens of heavens," and the "waters that be above the heavens," praise Thy name. I did not now desire better things, because I was thinking of all; and with a …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 148:12 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily V)

    For it is said, "young men and maidens, old men with younger ones." And again, speaking of the damsel who is attacked, it saith, "if the young woman cry out," meaning the virgin.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 148:4 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XI)

    Nor shall the heaven of heavens declare this, nor the waters which are above the heavens.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 148:2 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapter XVI)

    How could the Seraphim cry "Holy, Holy, Holy," were they not taught by the Spirit how often true religion requires them to lift their voice in this ascription of glory? Do "all His angels" and "all His hosts" praise God?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)