Psalms 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Psalms 148:4 in other translations
| BSB | Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies. |
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| WEB | Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens. |
| ASV | Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens. |
| YLT | Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens. |
| DARBY | Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens. |
| BBE | Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens. |
| Webster | Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens. |
What does Psalms 148:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 148:1-6
We, in this dark and sinful world, know little of the heavenly world of light. But we know that there is above us a world of blessed angels. They are always praising God, therefore the psalmist shows his desire that God may be praised in the best manner; also we show that we have communion with spirits above, who are still praising him. The heavens, with all contained in them, declare the glory of God. They call on…
Psalms 148:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 148:4
- 1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
- Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
- Nehemiah 9:6
Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
- Psalms 104:3
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
- 2 Corinthians 12:2
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
- Psalms 68:33
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
- Psalms 113:6
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
- Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
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Context
- Psalms 148:3
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
- Psalms 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
- Psalms 148:5
Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
Psalms 148:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Alabadle, cielos de los cielos, y las aguas que están sobre los cielos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Louez-le, cieux des cieux, et vous, eaux qui êtes au-dessus des cieux! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Lobet ihn, ihr Himmel der Himmel, und ihr Wasser, die ihr oberhalb der Himmel seid! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Laudate eum, cæli cælorum; et aquæ omnes quæ super cælos sunt, |