Psalm 148

Illustration of Psalm 148 with Jesus Christ enthroned in heaven

The 148th psalm is a biblical psalm . Like the other psalms at the end of the psalter, it is a praise psalm.

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The psalm is one great call to praise God. In the first half (verses 1-6) the upper world (the heavens , the stars and the angels ) is called for this. In the second part (verses 7-14) everything on earth (all people and living beings up to natural phenomena) is asked to praise God. As a final justification, verse 13 refers to the majesty of God and verse 14 to the help given to his people.

reception

The hymn Sings the song of joy over God by Dieter Hechtenberg from 1968 is inspired by Psalm 148.

Web links

Commons : Psalm 148  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 148 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 148 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain for settings of Psalm 148 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd Edition. German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , p. 774
2. ↑ The Bible with Explanations. 3rd edition, Evangelische Haupt-Bibelgesellschaft, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-7461-0069-0 .
3. ↑ Evangelisches Gesangbuch - Edition for the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Bavaria and Thuringia, Munich, ISBN 3-583-12000-0