Psalms 148 · Verse 7

Psalms 148:7

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
Psalms 148:7, King James Version

Psalms 148:7 in other translations

BSBPraise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,
WEBPraise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths,
ASVPraise Jehovah from the earth, Ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;
YLTPraise ye Jehovah from the earth, Dragons and all deeps,
DARBYPraise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;
BBEGive praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places:
WebsterPraise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:

What does Psalms 148:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 148:7-10
7-10. The call on the earth, as opposed to heaven, includes seas or depths, whose inhabitants the dragon, as one of the largest (on leviathan, see on Psa 104:26), is selected to represent. The most destructive and ungovernable agents of inanimate nature are introduced.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Praise the Lord from the earth - As in the first address, he calls upon the heavens and all that belong to them; so here, in this second part, he calls upon the earth, and all that belong to it. Ye dragons - תנינים tanninim, whales, porpoises, sharks, and sea-monsters of all kinds. And all deeps - Whatsoever is contained in the sea, whirlpools, eddies, ground tides, with the astonishing flux and reflux of the ocean. Every thing, in its place and nature, shows forth the perfections of its Creator.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 148:7-14
Even in this world, dark and bad as it is, God is praised. The powers of nature, be they ever so strong, so stormy, do what God appoints them, and no more. Those that rebel against God's word, show themselves to be more violent than even the stormy winds, yet they fulfil it. View the surface of the earth, mountains and all hills; from the barren tops of some, and the fruitful tops of others, we may fetch matter for praise. And assuredly creatures which have the powers of reason, ought to employ themselves in praising God. Let all manner of persons praise God. Those of every rank, high and low. Let us show that we are his saints by praising his name continually. He is not only our Creator, but our Redeemer; who made us a people near unto him. We may by "the Horn of his people" understand Christ, whom God has exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour, who is indeed the defence and the praise of all his saints, and will be so for ever. In redemption, that unspeakable glory is displayed, which forms the source of all our hopes and joys. May the Lord pardon us, and teach our hearts to love him more and praise him better.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 148:7 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.

הַֽלְל֣וּha.LupraiseH1984
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
תַּ֝נִּינִ֗יםta.ni.NimO sea monstersH8577
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
תְּהֹמֽוֹת\׃te.ho.Mot[the] deepsH8415

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

Cross references for Psalms 148:7

  • Psalms 74:13-14

    Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

  • Genesis 1:21

    And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • Psalms 104:25-26

    So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

  • Job 41:1-34

    Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? …

  • Isaiah 43:20

    The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

  • Isaiah 51:9-10

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

  • Isaiah 27:1

    In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
from the earth.
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ye dragons.
74:13,14; 104:25,26; Ge 1:21; Job 41:1-34; Isa 27:1; 43:20; 51:9,10

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Context

  • 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:

  • Psalms 148:8

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

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Psalms 148:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Alabad á Jehová, de la tierra los dragones y todos los abismos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Louez, de la terre, l’ Éternel, vous, monstres des eaux, et vous, tous les abîmes!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Lobet Jehova von der Erde her, ihr Wasserungeheuer und alle Tiefen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones et omnes abyssi;