Psalms 148 (GNV)

Chapter Text

148:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heauen: prayse ye him in the high places.

148:2 Prayse ye him, all ye his Angels: praise him, all his armie.

148:3 Prayse ye him, sunne and moone: prayse ye him all bright starres.

148:4 Prayse ye him, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.

148:5 Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

148:6 And he hath established them for euer and euer: he hath made an ordinance, which shall not passe.

148:7 Prayse ye the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all depths:

148:8 Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours, stormie winde, which execute his worde:

148:9 Mountaines and all hils, fruitfull trees and all ceders:

148:10 Beasts and all cattell, creeping things and fethered foules:

148:11 Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all iudges of the worlde:

148:12 Yong men and maidens, also olde men and children:

148:13 Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for his Name onely is to be exalted, and his prayse aboue the earth and the heauens.

148:14 For he hath exalted the horne of his people, which is a prayse for all his Saintes, euen for the children of Israel, a people that is neere vnto him. Prayse ye the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "created", "praise", "lord", "heauen", "prayse", "high", and "places". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "created", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "world" 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 "world" and "created" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.