Psalms 69:34
in Psalms 69Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
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ASV
Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.
KJV
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
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This verse in Psalms 69
Commentary
10 notes on this verseLet the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. The doxology of a glowing heart. The writer had fathomed the deeps, and had ascended to the heights; and, therefore, calls on the whole range of creation to bless the Lord. Our Well Beloved here excites us all to grateful adoration: who among us will hold back? God's love to Christ argues good to all forms of life; the exaltation of the Head brings good to the members, and to all in the least connected with him.
This site's exposition
Let heaven and earth praise Him
on Psalms 69:34-36
The call widens to heaven and earth and the seas and all that moves in them. Verses 35 and 36 turn one man's rescue into a national promise: God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. The psalm that began in deep water ends in settled land.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Let there praise Him heavens and earth, sea and all things creeping in them" [Psalm 69:34]. The true riches of this poor man are these, to consider the creation, and to praise the Creator. "Let there praise Him heavens and earth, sea and all things creeping therein." And does this creation alone praise God, when by considering of it God is praised?
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Heaven and earth, and the hosts of both, were made by him, and therefore let heaven and earth praise him. Angels in heaven, and saints on earth, may each of them in their respective habitations furnish themselves with matter enough for constant praise. Let the fishes of the sea, though mute to a proverb, praise the Lord, for the sea is his, and he made it.
Now, in this, David was a type of Christ, and divers passages in this psalm are applied to Christ in the new Testament and are said to have their accomplishment in him (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The call on the universe for praise is well sustained by the prediction of the perpetual and extended blessings which shall come upon the covenant-people of God. Though, as usual, the imagery is taken from terms used of Palestine, the whole tenor of the context indicates that the spiritual privileges and blessings of the Church are meant.
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. The doxology of a glowing heart. The writer had fathomed the deeps, and had ascended to the heights; and, therefore, calls on the whole range of creation to bless the Lord. Our Well Beloved here excites us all to grateful adoration: who among us will hold back? God's love to Christ argues good to all forms of life; the exaltation of the Head brings good to the members, and to all in the least connected with him. Inasmuch as the creation itself also is by Christ's work to be delivered from bondage, let all that have life and motion magnify the Lord. Glory be unto thee, O Lord, for the sure and all including pledge of our Surety's triumph; we see in this the exaltation of all thy poor and sorrowful ones, and our heart is glad.
Let the heaven and earth praise him - The psalmist has the fullest confidence that God will turn their captivity, and therefore calls upon all creatures to magnify him for his mercy.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Let the heaven and earth praise him - All things; all above and all below. The seas - The waters - the oceans. This is in accordance with what often occurs in the Scriptures, when all things, animate and inanimate, are called on to praise God. Compare Psa 148:1-14. And everything that moveth therein - Margin, as in Hebrew, “creepeth.” Compare the notes at Psa 8:8. See also the notes at Isa 55:12.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְֽ֭הַלְלוּהוּ | yehaluhu | may they praise him | H1984 → | 165 times |
| שָׁמַ֣יִם | shamayim | heaven | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וָאָ֑רֶץ | vaaretz | and earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| יַ֝מִּ֗ים | yamim | [the] seas | H3220 → | 396 times |
| וְֽכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| רֹמֵ֥שׂ | romes | [thing which] moves | H7430 → | |
| בָּֽם׃ | bam | in them |
יְֽ֭הַלְלוּהוּmay they praise him
yehaluhuH1984 →165 times
שָׁמַ֣יִםheaven
shamayimH8064 →421 times
וָאָ֑רֶץand earth
vaaretzH776 →2504 times
יַ֝מִּ֗ים[the] seas
yamimH3220 →396 times
וְֽכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
רֹמֵ֥שׂ[thing which] moves
romesH7430 →
בָּֽם׃in them
bam
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 55:12You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
it leads to
- Isaiah 44:23
Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- Psalms 96:11–13
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Isaiah 44:23
Through
Psalms 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
it leads to
- Psalms 145:21
My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.
- Revelation 5:13
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to…
- Psalms 103:22
Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
- Psalms 145:10
All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
- Psalms 145:21
Where this verse is studied
About Psalms
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 69; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.