Psalm 148
Darby Translation · 14 verses
1Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah from the heavens; praise him in the heights.2Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.3Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.5Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:6And he established them for ever and ever; he made [for them] a statute which shall not pass.7Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;8Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word;9Mountains and all hills, fruit-trees and all cedars;10Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl;11Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth;12Both young men and maidens, old men with youths, —13Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens.14And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah!
Darby's Synopsis
Psalm 148 calls first on heaven, and all in it, to take their part in the great Hallelujah, and praise Jehovah who had created and sustains them in their place; and then on the earth, with all in it, to join in praising Him whose name alone is excellent, and His glory above the earth and heaven, but who exalts the horn of His people, the praise of His saints (the godly ones we have seen throughout, but who now are fully Israel), a people near to Him.
Text: J. N. Darby, The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages, public domain. Emphasized words are Darby's own. Provenance on the sources page.