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Psalms 148:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:


Psalms 148:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 148:88 words
HebrewMeaning
אֵ֣שׁʾēš
O firenounH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
וּ֭/בָרָדwbārād
and hailconjH1259
שֶׁ֣לֶגšeleg
snownounH7950
וְ/קִיט֑וֹרwəqiyṭwōr
and smokeconjH7008
vapour
ר֥וּחַrwḥa
wind ofnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
סְ֝עָרָ֗הsəʿārāh
stormnounH5591
tempest · whirlwind
עֹשָׂ֥הʿōśāh
which doesverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
דְבָרֽ/וֹdəbārwō
word hisnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
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 148:8

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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