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Psalms 148:9
9Praise him, mountains and all hills. Praise him fruit trees and all trees in the forests.
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! Praise him, sea monsters and all the deep seas. 8Praise him, fire and hail, snow and clouds. Praise him, wind and storm, as you obey his commands. Praise him, mountains and all hills. Praise him fruit trees and all trees in the forests. 10Praise him, wild animals and farm animals. Praise him, snakes and birds. 11Praise him, kings all over the world, and people of every nation. Praise him, princes and all rulers on earth.
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הֶהָרִ֥ים וְכָל־גְּבָע֑וֹת עֵ֥ץ פְּ֝רִ֗י וְכָל־אֲרָזִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 148:9
- Psalms 65:12Fresh grass covers the fields in the wilderness. There are plenty of good things all over the hills, so that people are very happy.
- Psalms 96:11The earth and the sky should be happy! The sea and everything in it should shout aloud!
- Psalms 97:4His lightning lights up the whole world. The earth sees it and it shakes with fear.
- Psalms 98:7The sea and everything that is in it should shout to praise the Lord! The earth and all those who live in it should shout as well!
- Psalms 114:3The sea looked and ran away! Then the Jordan River turned back!
- Isaiah 42:11People who live in the towns of the desert should shout aloud to praise him. Kedar's people should praise him in the places where they live. The people who live in Sela should sing aloud with joy. They should shout from the tops of the mountains.
- Isaiah 44:23Sing aloud with joy, you heavens above us, because the Lord has done it! Shout as loudly as you can, places deep below the earth. You mountains, sing with joy, and you forests and trees as well! Be happy, because the Lord has redeemed his people. He has rescued the Israelites, Jacob's descendants, to show how great he is.
- Isaiah 49:13Shout with joy, everything in the sky! Be happy, everything on the earth! Sing loudly, you mountains! Be happy, because the Lord comforts his people. He will be kind to his people who have trouble and pain.
- Isaiah 55:12You will leave that foreign land with joy! You will travel home with peace in your minds. The mountains and the hills will sing with joy as you travel past. The trees in the fields will clap their hands together!
- Isaiah 64:1Please Lord, break open the skies and come down to help us! That would make the mountains shake!
- Ezekiel 36:1The Lord said, ‘Son of man, speak my message to the mountains of Israel. Say to them: “Listen to the Lord's message, you mountains of Israel.
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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