Psalms 148:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.”

Psalms 148:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 148:1312 words

HebrewMeaning

יְהַלְל֤וּyəhaləlw

let them praiseverbH1984

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

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שֵׁ֬םšēm

the name ofnounH8034

base · named · renown · report

יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

נִשְׂגָּ֣בniśəgāb

is exaltedverbH7682

exalt · be excellent · (be · set on) high ···

שְׁמ֣/וֹšəmwō

name hisnounH8034

base · named · renown · report

לְ/בַדּ֑/וֹləbadwō

to only himpronH905

apart · bar · besides · branch ···

ה֝וֹד֗/וֹhwōdwō

splendor hisnounH1935

comeliness · excellency · glorious · glory ···

עַלʿal

is abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

אֶ֥רֶץʾereṣ

earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

וְ/שָׁמָֽיִםwəšāmāyim

and heavenconjH8064

astrologer · heaven

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 148:13

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)

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