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         <div class="label">148</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Psalm 148</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">sn Psalm 148. The psalmist calls upon all creation to praise the Lord, for he is the creator and sovereign king of the world.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> Praise the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the sky!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">Praise him in the heavens!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> Praise him, all his angels!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;heavenly messengers.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">Praise him, all his heavenly assembly!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;all his host.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> Praise him, O sun and moon!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">Praise him, all you shiny stars!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;stars of light.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> Praise him, O highest heaven,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">and you waters above the sky!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">sn The &#8220;water&#8221; mentioned here corresponds to the &#8220;waters above&#8221; mentioned in Gen 1:7. See also Ps 104:3. For a discussion of the picture envisioned by the psalmist, see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 47.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">for he gave the command and they came into existence.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> He established them so they would endure;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;forever and ever.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">he issued a decree that will not be revoked.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;and it will not pass away.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> Praise the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> O fire and hail, snow and clouds,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn In Ps 119:83 the noun refers to &#8220;smoke,&#8221; but here, where the elements of nature are addressed, the clouds, which resemble smoke, are probably in view.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">O stormy wind that carries out his orders,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;[that] does his word.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> you mountains and all you hills,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">you fruit trees and all you cedars,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content"> you animals and all you cattle,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">you creeping things and birds,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content"> you kings of the earth and all you nations,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">you princes and all you leaders</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;judges.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the earth,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> you young men and young women,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">you elderly, along with you children!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">for his name alone is exalted;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">his majesty extends over the earth and sky.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content"> He has made his people victorious,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;and he lifted up a horn for his people.&#8221; The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (see Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Ps 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom &#8220;exalt/lift up the horn&#8221; signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 89:17, 24; 92:10; Lam 2:17). Another option is to take the &#8220;horn&#8221; as a symbol for the Davidic king, through whom the Lord gives his people military victory.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">and given all his loyal followers reason to praise &#8211; </span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">the Israelites, the people who are close to him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn &#8220;[there is] praise for all his loyal followers, to the sons of Israel, the people near him.&#8221; Here &#8220;praise&#8221; stands by metonymy for the victory that prompts it.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div>
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Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD from the sky!
Praise him in the heavens!
Praise him, all his angels!
Praise him, all his heavenly assembly!
Praise him, O sun and moon!
Praise him, all you shiny stars!
Praise him, O highest heaven,
and you waters above the sky!
Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for he gave the command and they came into existence.
He established them so they would endure;
he issued a decree that will not be revoked.
Praise the LORD from the earth,
you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,
O fire and hail, snow and clouds,
O stormy wind that carries out his orders,
you mountains and all you hills,
you fruit trees and all you cedars,
you animals and all you cattle,
you creeping things and birds,
you kings of the earth and all you nations,
you princes and all you leaders on the earth,
you young men and young women,
you elderly, along with you children!
Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for his name alone is exalted;
his majesty extends over the earth and sky.
He has made his people victorious,
and given all his loyal followers reason to praise –
the Israelites, the people who are close to him.
Praise the LORD!

සවන් දෙන්න Psalms 148