“Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.”
Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights. The opening summons all creatures in the heavens to praise God; the call to worship becomes cosmic and universal. The heights represent the realm of divine dwelling; praise originates from proximity to God Himself. This verse initiates the final doxological sequence wherein all creation is invited to join in eternal praise.
Church Fathers on Psalms 148:1
1. The subject of our meditation in this present life should be the praises of God; for the everlasting exaltation of our life hereafter will be the praise of God, and none can become fit for the life hereafter, who has not practised himself for it now. So then now we praise God, but we pray to Him too. Our praise is marked by joy, our prayer by groans....On account of these two seasons, one, that which now is in the temptations and tribulations of this life, the other, that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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