Psalms 148:4

Psalms 148:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
• New International Version (NIV)Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens!

Context of Psalms 148:4

2Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts. 3Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise 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.

Psalms 148:4 word by word

הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ שְׁמֵ֣י הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝הַמַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר׀ מֵעַ֬ל הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• Praiseהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Psalms 148:4

• Psalms 113:6Who humbleth himself to look on the heavens and on the earth?
• 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
• 2 Corinthians 12:2I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in [the] body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows;) such [a one] caught up to [the] third heaven.
• Psalms 104:3Who layeth the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, who maketh clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind;
• Genesis 1:7And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.
• Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Commentaries on Psalms 148:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens - Referring to the idea that there is one heaven rising above another. See the notes at Psalm 68:33. See 1 Kings 8:27: “Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee.” Compare 2 Chronicles 2:6. And ye waters that be above the heavens - Genesis 1:7: “And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament.” The allusion here is to the…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. 44. heavens of heavens--the very highest. waters--clouds, resting above the visible heavens (compare Ge 1:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 148:4

• God
• Heaven
• Praise
• Sea
• Water

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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