Tree of Life Version
Psalms 148:3
3Praise Him, sun and moon! Praise Him, all stars of light.
Psalms 148:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
- New International Version (NIV)Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light!
Context of Psalms 148:3
1Halleluyah! Praise Adonai from the heavens! Praise Him in the highest! 2Praise Him all His angels! Praise Him all His armies. Praise Him, sun and moon! Praise Him, all stars of light. 4Praise Him, highest heavens, and waters above the heavens. 5Let them praise the Name of Adonai, for He commanded and they were created.
Read all of Psalms 148Psalms 148:3 word by word
הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ שֶׁ֣מֶשׁ וְיָרֵ֑חַ הַ֝לְל֗וּהוּ כָּל־כּ֥וֹכְבֵי אֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 148:3
- Psalms 8:1For the music director, upon the Gittite lyre: a psalm of David.
- Psalms 19:1For the music director, a psalm of David.
- Psalms 89:36Once for all I have sworn by My holiness —surely I will not lie to David—
- Psalms 136:7who made great lights, for His lovingkindness endures forever—
- Genesis 1:14Then God said, “Let lights in the expanse of the sky be for separating the day from the night. They will be for signs and for seasons and for days and years.
- Genesis 8:22While all the days of the land remain, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease.”
- Deuteronomy 4:19and so that you do not lift up your eyes toward the heavens and see the sun and the moon and the stars—all the heavenly host—and are drawn away and bow down and worship them. Adonai your God has allotted them to all the peoples under all the heavens.
- Jeremiah 33:20thus says Adonai: “If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night would not be at in their appointed time,
Commentaries on Psalms 148:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Praise ye him, sun and moon - The most conspicuous and glorious objects in the heavens, as apparent to the eyes of people. Praise him, all ye stars of light - A poetical expression to denote bright or shining stars. The phrase embraces all the stars as they strike the eyes of people. Each one has something special to it for which to praise God: and the entire groups - the immense multitudes, as such - should join in one chorus of praise.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. 1-141. heavens [and] heights--are synonymous.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 3stars of the night Heb. כוכבי אור, stars of the night.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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