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 him, all his angels! Praise him, all his heavenly assembly! 3Praise him, O sun and moon! Praise him, all you shiny stars! Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky! 5Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he gave the command and they came into existence. 6He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked.

Psalms 148:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Praiseהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• him, ye heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and ye watersמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Psalms 148:4

• Psalms 113:6He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.
• 1 Kings 8:27“God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
• 2 Corinthians 12:2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.
• Psalms 104:3and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.
• Genesis 1:7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. 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 day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens 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