![]() ![]() Psalm 148:2-4 tell who are to praise Jahve there: first of all, all His angels, the messengers of the Ruler of the world - all His host, i.e., angels and stars, for צבאו (Chethמb) or צבאיו (Kerמ as in Psalm 103:21) is the name of the heavenly host armed with light which God Tsebaoth commands (vid., on Genesis 2:1), - a name including both stars (e.g., in Deuteronomy 4:19) and angels (e.g., in Joshua 5:14., 1 Kings 22:19) angels and stars are also united in the Scriptures in other instances (e.g., Job 38:7). Psalm 68:27), but the parallel בּמּרומים renders the immediate construction with הללוּ more natural. The מן might, it is true, also denote the birth or origin: ye of the heavens, i.e., ye celestial beings (cf. The place whence, before all others, the praise is to resound is the heavens it is to resound in the heights, viz., the heights of heaven ( Job 16:19 Job 25:2 Job 31:2). ![]() Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe call does not rise step by step from below upwards, but begins forthwith from above in the highest and outermost spheres of creation. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, read it, "stars and light", wrongly the stars are luminous bodies, and shine in their own light (c), though the moon with a borrowed light from the sun. Praise him, all ye stars of light which are very beneficial in the night season, especially to mariners and travellers, and shed their benign influences upon the earth and things in it which are a means of praising the Lord, and in their way they do it, Psalm 136:1. The sun praises the Lord, the Creator of it, by doing the work constantly it is appointed to do to rule by day, and give light and heat to the earth, and the inhabitants of it and so is the cause of man's praising the Lord for the benefits they receive from it for its enlightening, warming, and refreshing rays and for the precious fruits brought forth by it and so the moon likewise doing its office, ruling by night, and reflecting the light of the sun upon the earth, and producing precious fruits, also praises its Maker, and is the occasion, of others praising him see Psalm 136:1 ![]() Gill's Exposition of the Entire BiblePraise ye him, sun and moon. And ye waters - Ye clouds, that be above the heavens - Above a part of them, above the aerial heavens: of which see note on Genesis 1:7. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens - Ye highest and most glorious heavens, the place of God’s throne, and glorious presence, as this expression seems to mean, Deuteronomy 10:14 1 Kings 8:27 : or, rather, the starry heavens, which also may be so called, because they are above the air, which is often called heaven in the Scriptures. Horne, “with the luminaries placed in them, and the waters sustained by them, though they have neither speech nor language, and want the tongue of men, yet, by their splendour and magnificence, their motions and their influences, all regulated and exerted according to the ordinance of their Maker, do, in a very intelligible and striking manner, declare the glory of God they call upon us to translate their actions into our language, and copy their obedience in our lives that so we may, both by word and deed, glorify, with them, the Creator and Redeemer of the universe.” Praise him, all ye stars of light - Which bespangle the firmament, and constantly burn and shine to his glory, attracting, night after night, and from age to age, the attention, and exciting the admiration of every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people. “The material heavens, through their various regions,” says Dr. You were adored by the blind heathen for gods you are but his creatures, and therefore would be obliged, if you were capable of it, to worship and praise him for your glorious light and powerful influences. ![]()
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