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Psalms 148:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.


Psalms 148:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 148:47 words
HebrewMeaning
הַֽ֭לְלוּ/הוּhaləlwhw
praise himverbH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
שְׁמֵ֣יšəmēy
O heaven ofnounH8064
astrologer · heaven
הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִםhašāmāyim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
וְ֝/הַ/מַּ֗יִםwəhamayim
and the watersconjH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
מֵ/עַ֬לmēʿal
are abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִםhašāmāyim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
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 148:4

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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