Psalms 148:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.”

Psalms 148:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 148:19 words

HebrewMeaning

הַ֥לְלוּhaləlw

praiseverbH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

יָ֨הּyāh

YahwehnounH3050

the Lord · most vehement. Compare names in '-iah · ' '-jah.'

הַֽלְל֣וּhaləlw

praiseverbH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

מִןmin

frompronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

הַ/שָּׁמַ֑יִםhašāmayim

the heavensparticleH8064

astrologer · heaven

הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ/הוּhaləlwhw

praise himverbH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

בַּ/מְּרוֹמִֽיםbamərwōmiym

in the heightspronH4791

dignity · haughty · height · (most ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 148 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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