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Psalm 148
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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Footnotes
Praise the LORD from the Heavens
1Hallelujah!footnote aPraise the LORD from the heavens;praise Him in the highest places.footnote b 2Praise Him, all His angels;praise Him, all His heavenly hosts. 3Praise Him, O sun and moon;praise Him, all you shining stars. 4Praise Him, O highest heavens,and you waters above the skies. 5Let them praise the name of the LORD,for He gave the command and they were created. 6He established them forever and ever;He issued a decree that will never pass away.
7Praise the LORD from the earth,all great sea creatures and ocean depths, 8lightning and hail, snow and clouds,powerful wind fulfilling His word, 9mountains and all hills,fruit trees and all cedars, 10wild animals and all cattle,crawling creatures and flying birds, 11kings of the earth and all peoples,princes and all rulers of the earth, 12young men and maidens,old and young together.
13Let them praise the name of the LORD,for His name alone is exalted;His splendor is above the earth and the heavens. 14He has raised up a horn for His people,the praise of all His saints,of Israel, a people near to Him.Hallelujah!
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