Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 148:9
9mountains and all hills, fruit 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, all sea monsters and ocean depths, 8lightning and hail, snow and cloud, stormy wind that executes his command, mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, 10wild animals and all cattle, creatures that crawl and flying birds, 11kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth,
Read all of Psalms 148Psalms 148:9 word by word
הֶהָרִ֥ים וְכָל־גְּבָע֑וֹת עֵ֥ץ פְּ֝רִ֗י וְכָל־אֲרָזִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 148:9
- Psalms 65:12The wilderness pastures overflow, and the hills are robed with joy.
- Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and all that fills it resound.
- Psalms 97:4His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
- Psalms 98:7Let the sea and all that fills it, the world and those who live in it, resound.
- Psalms 114:3The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.
- Isaiah 42:11Let the desert and its cities shout, the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
- Isaiah 44:23Rejoice, heavens, for the Lord has acted; shout, depths of the earth. Break out into singing, mountains, forest, and every tree in it. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and glorifies himself through Israel.
- Isaiah 49:13Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice! Mountains break into joyful shouts! For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
- Isaiah 55:12You will indeed go out with joy and be peacefully guided; the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- Isaiah 64:1If only you would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at your presence —
- Ezekiel 36:1“Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘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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