Psalms 148:3
1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.
2 Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
4 Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
- KJV
- Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
- WEB
- Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!
- ASV
- Praise ye him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars of light.
- DARBY
- Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.
- BLB
- Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all stars of light!
- ÅB
- Lov ham, sol og måne, lov ham, alle dere lysende stjerner!
- OTB
- Pris Ham, sol og måne;
Lovsyng Ham, alle lysende stjerner! - B1930
- Lov ham, sol og måne, lov ham, alle I lysende stjerner!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 19:1–6
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
Read in contextPsalms 8:1–3
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
Read in contextPsalms 136:7–9
He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.
Read in contextGenesis 1:14–16
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
Read in contextPsalms 89:36–37
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
Read in contextGenesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:19
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:20
“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
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