Psalm 148
Translated from the Hebrew of the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Tap a verse to see why it reads as it does. Tap a small letter to read its footnote.
All creation, praise the LORD
1Praise the LORD! Let the heavens praise the LORD; let the heights above give him praise! 2Praise him, all his angels! All the armies of heaven, praise him! 3Sun and moon, praise him! All shining stars, praise him! 4Praise him, heaven of heavens, along with the waters up above the sky! 5May they praise the name of the LORD; at his command they came into being. 6He fixed them in their places for ever and always; he made a law for them that will not pass away. 7From the earth below, praise the LORD, sea monsters and all the watery deeps, 8fire and hail, snow and fog, gales of wind that do what he says, 9the mountains and all the hills, trees that bear fruit and all the cedars, 10wild beasts and all cattle, creatures that crawl and birds that fly, 11earthly kings and all peoples, nobles and all the earth’s rulers, 12young men and young women alike, the old together with the young! 13Let them all bring praise to the name of the LORD, since his name alone is lifted high; his splendor towers over earth and sky. 14For his own people he has raised up a horn, a source of praise for all his faithful, the Israelites, a people near to him. Praise the LORD!