Psalms 148:4 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 148:4

Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

KJV

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Homily 58, on Psalm 148 (420)

Praise him, you heavens of heavens. We speak of several heavens. Indeed even Paul says that he was caught up into the third heaven. See therefore how great is the splendor, that there should be a heaven of heaven. And the rest, which follow, he said concerning the visible things.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Praise him, ye heaven of heavens,.... All the heavens, the airy and starry heavens; and the third heaven, the residence of God, angels and saints: these are made by the Lord, and declare the glory of his power, wisdom, and goodness, and show forth his handiwork, Psa 19:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 7 (1885)

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens. By these are meant those regions which are heavens to those who dwell in our heavens; or those most heavenly of abodes where the most choice of spirits dwell. As the highest of the highest, so the best of the best are to praise the Lord. If we could climb as much above the heavens as the heavens are above the earth, we could still cry out to all around us, "Praise ye the Lord." There can be none so great and high as to be above praising Jehovah.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ	Ha.lu.hu	praise him	H1984 →
שְׁמֵ֣י	she.Mei	O heaven of	H8064 →
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
וְ֝הַמַּ֗יִם	ve.ha.Ma.yim	and the waters	H4325 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר׀	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
מֵעַ֬ל	me.'Al	[are] <from> above	H5921 →
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H1984haluhupraise him165×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
leads to
- Isaiah 66:1
  This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
- 2 Chronicles 2:6
  But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as…
- Jeremiah 23:24
  “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
Through
Nehemiah 9:6
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give…
leads to
- Isaiah 37:16
  “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:1
  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Revelation 4:11
  “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Deuteronomy 10:14
  Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
Through
Genesis 1:7
So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
leads to
- Proverbs 8:28–29
  when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms