Old Testament Commentary - Psalms 148

by Don R. Hender


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       CHAPTER 148          

Let all things praise the Lord: men and angels, the heavenly bodies, the elements and the earth, and all things thereon.

  1 PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
  2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
  3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of lighta.
 3a sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light To the doctrinally enlighted member of the LDS Church, there is a great significants to the calling forth praise from the glory of the sun, moon and the stars of light. These are the symbolic representatives of the hieghts of the glories of the Celestial, Terrestrial and Telestial Kingdoms, the Kingdoms of glory of God. All who do obtain these three kingdoms of glory will praise and honor the Lord as their Lord and Redeemer, and upon that basis, their worship of God is to accept the atonement of Jesus Christ is its mercy and grace which will raise fallen mankind to their eventual glory in the heavens of God.
  4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye awaters that be above the heavens.
  5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he acommanded, and they were bcreated.
  6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a adecree which shall not pass.
  7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye adragons, and all deeps:
  8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy awind fulfilling his word:
  9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
  10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
  11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all ajudges of the earth:
  12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
  13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his aglory is above the earth and heaven.
  14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.