God’s Word Translation
Psalms 148:6
6He set them in their places forever and ever. He made it a law that no one can break.
Psalms 148:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
- New International Version (NIV)and he established them for ever and ever— he issued a decree that will never pass away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he established them forever and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away.
Context of Psalms 148:6
4Praise him, you highest heaven and the water above the sky. 5Let them praise the name of the Lord because they were created by his command. He set them in their places forever and ever. He made it a law that no one can break. 7Praise the Lord from the earth. Praise him, large sea creatures and all the ocean depths, 8lightning and hail, snow and fog, strong winds that obey his commands,
Read all of Psalms 148Psalms 148:6 word by word
וַיַּעֲמִידֵ֣ם לָעַ֣ד לְעוֹלָ֑ם חָק־נָ֝תַ֗ן וְלֹ֣א יַעֲבֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 148:6
- Psalms 89:37Like the moon his throne will stand firm forever. It will be like a faithful witness in heaven.”
- Psalms 93:1The Lord rules as king! He is clothed with majesty. The Lord has clothed himself; he has armed himself with power. The world was set in place; it cannot be moved.
- Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness endures throughout every generation. You set the earth in place, and it continues to stand.
- Job 38:10when I set a limit for it and put up bars and gates,
- Proverbs 8:27“When he set up the heavens, I was there. When he traced the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
- Isaiah 54:9“To me this is like Noah’s floodwaters, when I swore an oath that Noah’s floodwaters would never cover the earth again. So now I swear an oath not to be angry with you or punish you.
- Jeremiah 31:35The Lord provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is the Lord of Armies. This is what the Lord says:
- Jeremiah 33:25“This is what the Lord says: Suppose I hadn’t made an arrangement with day and night or made laws for heaven and earth.
Commentaries on Psalms 148:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He hath also stablished them forever and ever - He has made them firm, stable, enduring. That they may be eternal is possible; that they will not be, no one can prove. Matter, when created, has no necessary tendency to decay or annihilation; and the universe - the stars, and suns, and systems - which have endured so many million of ages may continue to exist any number of million of ages to come. Of course, however, all this is dependent on the will of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The created order is stable because of the Lord's word (see Psalm 33:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. The perpetuity of the frame of nature is, of course, subject to Him who formed it. a decree ... pass--His ordinances respecting them shall not change (Jr 36:31), or perish (Job 34:20; Psa 37:36).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 6He issued a decree to them, that this one should serve by day and that one should serve by night. which will not change That decree.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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