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Psalms 148:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.


Psalms 148:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 148:37 words
HebrewMeaning
הַֽ֭לְלוּ/הוּhaləlwhw
praise himverbH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
שֶׁ֣מֶשׁšemeš
O sunnounH8121
east side · west · window. See also
וְ/יָרֵ֑חַwəyārēḥa
and moonconjH3394
הַ֝לְל֗וּ/הוּhaləlwhw
praise himverbH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
כָּלkāl
O allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
כּ֥וֹכְבֵיkwōkəbēy
the stars ofnounH3556
אֽוֹרʾwōr
lightnounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
Words 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 148:3

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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