Psalms 148:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the Lord.”

Psalms 148:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 148:1412 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יָּ֤רֶםwayārem

and he has raised upconjH7311

exalt · extol · give · go up ···

קֶ֨רֶןqeren

a hornnounH7161

hill

לְ/עַמּ֡/וֹləʿamwō

for people hispronH5971

men · nation · people

תְּהִלָּ֤הtəhilāh

praisenounH8416

לְֽ/כָלləkāl

for allpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

חֲסִידָ֗י/וḥăsiydāyw

faithful people hisadjH2623

good · holy · merciful · saint ···

לִ/בְנֵ֣יlibənēy

for the people ofpronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

יִ֭שְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

עַֽםʿam

a peoplenounH5971

men · nation · people

קְרֹב֗/וֹqərōbwō

kinsmen hisadjH7138

approach · at hand · any of kin · kinsfold ···

הַֽלְלוּhaləlw

praiseverbH1984

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

יָֽהּyāh

YahwehnounH3050

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

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 148:14

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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