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Psalms 148:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:


Psalms 148:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 148:78 words
HebrewMeaning
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 ···
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
תַּ֝נִּינִ֗יםtaniyniym
O sea monstersnounH8577
sea-monster · serpent · whale
וְ/כָלwəkāl
and allconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
תְּהֹמֽוֹתtəhōmwōt
the deepsnounH8415
depth
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 148:7

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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