Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Psalms 148
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Psalms148:2
2. hosts--(compare Psa 103:21).
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Psalms148:4
4. heavens of heavens--the very highest.
waters--clouds, resting above the visible heavens (compare Ge 1:7).
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Psalms148:5
5. praise the name--as representing His perfections.
he commanded--"He" is emphatic, ascribing creation to God alone.
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Psalms148:6
6. 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).
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Psalms148:7-10
7-10. 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.
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Psalms148:11-12
11-12. Next all rational beings, from the highest in rank to little children.
princes--or, military leaders.
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Psalms148:13
13. Let them--all mentioned.
excellent--or, exalted (Is 12:4).
his glory--majesty (Psa 45:3).
above the earth and heaven--Their united splendors fail to match His.
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Psalms148:14
14. exalteth the horn--established power (Psa 75:5, 6).
praise of--or literally, "for"
his saints--that is, occasions for them to praise Him. They are further described as "His people," and "near unto Him," sustaining by covenanted care a peculiarly intimate relation.
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Psalms148:1
PSALM 148
Psa 148:1-14. The scope of this Psalm is the same as that of the preceding.
1. heavens [and] heights--are synonymous.
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