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Psalms 148:9
9Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;
Psalms 148:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
- New International Version (NIV)you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;
Context of Psalms 148:9
7Praise the Lord from the earth, Sea monsters and all deeps; 8Lightning and hail, snow and fog; Stormy wind, fulfilling His orders; Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars; 10Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and winged birds; 11Kings of the earth and all people; Princes and all judges of the earth;
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הֶהָרִ֥ים וְכָל־גְּבָע֑וֹת עֵ֥ץ פְּ֝רִ֗י וְכָל־אֲרָזִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 148:9
- Psalms 65:12The pastures of the wilderness drip [with dew], And the hills are encircled with joy.
- Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and all the things it contains;
- Psalms 97:4His lightnings have illuminated the world; The earth has seen and trembled.
- Psalms 98:7Let the sea thunder and roar, and all the things it contains, The world and those who dwell in it.
- Psalms 114:3The [Red] Sea looked and fled; The Jordan turned back.
- Isaiah 42:11Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices, The villages where Kedar lives. Let the inhabitants of Sela shout for joy, Let them shout joyfully from the tops of the mountains.
- Isaiah 44:23Shout for joy, O heavens, for the Lord has done it! Shout in triumph, you depths of the earth; Break forth into jubilant rejoicing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, And He shows His glory in Israel.
- Isaiah 49:13Shout for joy, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, And break forth into singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.
- Isaiah 55:12For you will go out [from exile] with joy And be led forth [by the Lord Himself] with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- Isaiah 64:1Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
- Ezekiel 36:1“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.
Commentaries on Psalms 148:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Mountains, and all hills - As being among the loftiest objects of earth, raising their heads highest toward the heavens. Fruitful trees, and all cedars - Fruitful trees, not as distinguished from those which are barren, but as distinguished from forest-trees, those whose nature is that they do not bear fruit. Of the latter, the cedar was the most prominent, and, therefore, is made the representative of the whole.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Even in this world, dark and bad as it is, God is praised. The powers of nature, be they ever so strong, so stormy, do what God appoints them, and no more. Those that rebel against God's word, show themselves to be more violent than even the stormy winds, yet they fulfil it. View the surface of the earth, mountains and all hills; from the barren tops of some, and the fruitful tops of others, we may fetch matter for praise. And assuredly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-14This psalm calls for the whole created order to praise the Lord because he has honored his faithful people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-107-10. The call on the earth, as opposed to heaven, includes seas or depths, whose inhabitants the dragon, as one of the largest (on leviathan, see on Psa 104:26), is selected to represent. The most destructive and ungovernable agents of inanimate nature are introduced.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 148
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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