Psa 148 | HCSB | STEP | Hallelujah ! Praise the Lord from the heavens ; praise Him in the heights .

Psalms 148

Creation’s Praise of the Lord

1 ^{▼▼Hallelujah!: Or Praise the Lord!; it literally means Praise Yah! (a shortened form of Yahweh)}Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise Him in the heights. ^b
2 Praise Him, all His angels;
praise Him, all His ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}hosts. ^d
3 Praise Him, sun and moon;
praise Him, all you shining stars. ^e
4 Praise Him, highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens. ^f
5 Let them praise the name of ^{▼▼Yahweh/Yah: Or The Lord; the personal name of God in Hebrew; "Yah" is the shortened form of the name.}Yahweh,
for He commanded, and they were created. ^h
6 He set them in position forever and ever;
He gave an order that will never pass away. ⁱ

7 Praise the Lord from the earth,
all sea monsters and ocean depths, ^j
8 lightning ^{▼▼Or fire} and hail, snow and cloud,
powerful wind that executes His command, ^l
9 mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars, ^m
10 wild animals and all cattle,
creatures that crawl and flying birds, ⁿ
11 kings of the earth and all peoples,
princes and all judges of the earth, ^o
12 young men as well as young women,
old and young together. ^p
13 Let them praise the name of Yahweh,
for His name alone is exalted.
His majesty covers heaven and earth. ^q
14 He has raised up a ^{▼▼horn: A symbol of power based on the strength of animal horns}horn for His people,
resulting in praise to all His godly ones,
to the Israelites, the people close to Him. ^s
^{▼▼Hallelujah!: Or Praise the Lord!; it literally means Praise Yah! (a shortened form of Yahweh)}Hallelujah!