Songs (Psalms) 148:1–14 — Praise Yahweh everyone

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Praise Yahweh everyone

Psa 148:1–14

148:1 Praise Yahweh everyone

148 Praise Yahweh.

Praise Yahweh from the skies.

≈ Praise him in the heights.

2 Praise him, all his messengers.

≈ Praise him, all his armies.

3 Praise him, sun and moon.

≈ Praise him, all you shining stars.

4 Praise him, highest heavens

≈ and the waters that are above the heavens.[ref]

5 Let them praise Yahweh’s name,

because he gave the command and then they were created.[ref]

6 He has established them forever and ever.

He made a decree and it won’t ever become invalid.

7 Praise Yahweh from the earth,

you sea monsters and all ocean depths,

8 fire and hail, snow and clouds,

stormy winds doing what he commanded.

9 The mountains and all the hills,

the fruit trees and all the cedars,

10 both wild and all the domestic animals,

reptiles and winged birds.

11 Kings across the world and all the peoples,

princes and all judges across the world,

12 young men and also young women,

the elderly along with the children,

13 let them all praise Yahweh’s name,

because his name alone is famous.

His splendour extends over the earth and in the heavens.

14 He has increased his people’s military strength.

Praise from all his faithful ones—

from Yisrael’s (Israel’s) descendants—the people near to him.

Praise Yahweh.

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148 Praise Yah praise DOM YHWH from the_heavens praise_him in_heights.

2 Praise_him Oh _all _of messengers _of_his praise_him Oh _all _of mmm[fn].

3 Praise_him Oh _sun and_moon praise_him Oh _all _of the_stars _of light.

4 Praise_him Oh _heaven _of the_heavens and_Oh_waters which from_under the_heavens.

5 Let _them _praise DOM the _name _of YHWH if/because he he _commanded and_they _were _created.

6 And_he_established _them forever_ever forever_perpetuity a _decree he _gave and_not it _will _pass _away.

7 Praise DOM YHWH from the_earth/land Oh _sea _monsters and_all the _deeps.

8 Oh _fire and_hail snow and_smoke wind _of storm which_does message _of_his.

9 Oh_mountains and_all hills tree[s]_of fruit and_all cedars.

10 Oh_animal[s] and_all livestock creeping _thing[s] and_bird[s]_of wing.

11 Oh _kings _of the_earth and_all peoples Oh _officials and_all rulers _of the_earth.

12 Oh _young _men and_also young _women Oh _old_people with youths.

13 Let _them _praise DOM the _name _of YHWH if/because his/its_name is_exalted for_him/it_being _alone splendour _of_his is_above earth and_heavens.

14 And_he _has _raised _up a _horn for_people _of_his praise to/from_all/each/any/every his _faithful _of_people for_the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) a _people _of near _of_to _him praise Yah.

148:2 OSHB variant note: צבא/ו: (x-qere) ’צְבָאָֽי/ו’: lemma=6635 a n=0 morph=HNcbpc/Sp3ms id=19Hac צְבָאָֽי/ו

148:4: Gen 1:7.

148:5: Gen 1:1-2.

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Gen 1:7:

7 So God made the large space and separated between the waters that were underneath from the waters that were above it.[fn] Everything happened exactly as he commanded,

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7 And_ god _he/it _made DOM the_firmament and_he/it _separated between the_waters which from_under to _the_firmament and_between the_waters which from_under to _the_firmament and_he/it _was so.

1:6 It’s not clear how large or wide this separation is: if the waters below are the oceans (as distinct from subterranean water), then the waters above could be anything from rain clouds in the atmosphere, to water in space or at the edge of the universe or somewhere??? (Song/Psalm 148:4 refers to ‘the waters that are above the heavens/skies’.)

Gen 1:1-2:

1:1 The six days of creation

1 In the beginning, God[fn] created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and empty and darkness covered the surface of the deep waters and God’s spirit was hovering over the waters’ surface.

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1:1 As per common practice, we use ‘God’ through the Hebrew scriptures for the word ‘elohim’. Note that ‘elohim’ is a Hebrew language plural, and is translated more literally as ‘gods’ in a few places. However the connected Hebrew verb translated ‘created’ here is clearly a singular form, so the singular noun ‘God’ fits better here and everywhere where ‘elohim’ is used with other verbs marked as being singular. The mysterious plurality of God is confirmed in v26 where ‘our’ is used to refer to him/them.

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Praise Yahweh everyone

Psa 148:1–14

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