Psalms 148 (DBY)

Chapter Text

148:1 Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah from the heavens; praise him in the heights.

148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.

148:3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.

148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

148:5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:

148:6 And he established them for ever and ever; he made [for them] a statute which shall not pass.

148:7 Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;

148:8 Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word;

148:9 Mountains and all hills, fruit-trees and all cedars;

148:10 Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl;

148:11 Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth;

148:12 Both young men and maidens, old men with youths,

148:13 Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens.

148:14 And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "created", "hallelujah", "praise", "jehovah", "heavens", "heights", and "angels". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "created", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DBY text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "light" and "created" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "created" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.