Psalms 148 · Verse 6

Psalms 148:6

He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
Psalms 148:6, King James Version

Psalms 148:6 in other translations

BSBHe established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
WEBHe has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
ASVHe hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
YLTAnd He establisheth them for ever to the age, A statute He gave, and they pass not over.
DARBYAnd he established them for ever and ever; he made for them a statute which shall not pass.
BBEHe has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken.
WebsterHe hath also established them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

What does Psalms 148:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. The perpetuity of the frame of nature is, of course, subject to Him who formed it. a decree ... pass--His ordinances respecting them shall not change (Jr 36:31), or perish (Job 34:20; Psa 37:36).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 He hath also stablished them - He has determined their respective revolutions and the times in which they are performed, so exactly to show his all-comprehensive wisdom and skill, that they have never passed the line marked out by his decree, nor intercepted each other in the vortex of space, through revolutions continued for nearly 6000 years.

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…

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Psalms 148:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּעֲמִידֵ֣םvai.ya.'a.mi.Demand he established themH5975
לָעַ֣דla.'Adfor everH5703
לְעוֹלָ֑םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
חָק\־chok-a decreeH2706
נָ֝תַ֗ןna.Tanhe gaveH5414
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יַעֲבֽוֹר\׃ya.'a.Vorit will pass awayH5674

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 148:6

  • Jeremiah 33:25

    Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

  • Jeremiah 31:35-36

    Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name: If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

  • Psalms 89:37

    It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

  • Job 38:33

    Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

  • Psalms 119:90-91

    Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

  • Job 38:10-11

    And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

  • Isaiah 54:9

    For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

  • Psalms 93:1

    The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

  • Proverbs 8:27-29

    When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He hath also.
89:37; 93:1; 119:90,91; Job 38:10,11,33; Pr 8:27-29; Isa 54:9
Jer 31:35,36; 33:25

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Context

  • Psalms 148:5

    Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

  • Psalms 148:6

    He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

  • Psalms 148:7

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

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Psalms 148:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y las hizo ser para siempre por los siglos; púso les ley que no será quebrantada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il les a établis à perpétuité et pour toujours; il a rendu son décret, et il ne passera point.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und er stellte sie hin für immer und ewig; er gab ihnen eine Satzung, und sie werden sie nicht überschreiten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Statuit ea in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi; præceptum posuit, et non præteribit.