Psalms 148 · Verse 9

Psalms 148:9

Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
Psalms 148:9, King James Version

Psalms 148:9 in other translations

BSBmountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
WEBmountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
ASVMountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;
YLTThe mountains and all heights, Fruit tree, and all cedars,
DARBYMountains and all hills, fruit-trees and all cedars;
BBEMountains and all hills; fruit-trees and all trees of the mountains:
WebsterMountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

What does Psalms 148:9 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Mountains, and all hills - Whether primitive, secondary, or alluvial; of ancient or recent formation, with all their contents, quarries, mines, and minerals. But what a profusion of wisdom and skill is lavished on these! To instance only in the different metals, earths, and minerals; especially the precious stones. Fruitful trees - עץ פרי ets peri, fruit trees of all kinds. And all cedars - Every kind of forest tree. The formation of the fruits, their infinitely varied hues and savours, proclaim the unsearchable wisdom and goodness of God: not less so, the growth, structure, and various qualities and uses of the forest trees.

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…

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Psalms 148:9 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.

הֶהָרִ֥יםhe.ha.RimO mountainsH2022
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
גְּבָע֑וֹתge.va.'othillsH1389
עֵ֥ץ'etztree[s] ofH6086
פְּ֝רִ֗יpe.RifruitH6529
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
אֲרָזִֽים\׃'a.ra.ZimcedarsH730

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

Cross references for Psalms 148:9

  • Isaiah 44:23

    Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

  • Isaiah 49:13

    Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

  • Isaiah 55:12-13

    For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

  • Psalms 97:4-5

    His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

  • Psalms 98:7-9

    Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

  • Psalms 96:11-13

    Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

  • Psalms 114:3-7

    The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? …

  • Isaiah 42:11

    Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

  • Psalms 65:12-13

    They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

  • Isaiah 64:1

    Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

  • Ezekiel 36:1-15

    Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mountains.
65:12,13; 96:11-13; 97:4,5; 98:7-9; 114:3-7; Isa 42:11; 44:23
Isa 49:13; 55:12,13; 64:1; Eze 36:1-15

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Context

  • Psalms 148:8

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

  • Psalms 148:9

    Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

  • Psalms 148:10

    Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:

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Psalms 148:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los montes y todos los collados; el árbol de fruto, y todos los cedros;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Montagnes, et vous, toutes les collines, arbres fruitiers, et tous les cèdres;
German
Elberfelder 1871
ihr Berge und alle Hügel, Fruchtbäume und alle Cedern;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
montes, et omnes colles; ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri;