Psalms 148:2

148:2 Praise him, all his angels! ¹ 

Praise him, all his heavenly assembly! ² 

Psalms 150:2-5

150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts!

Praise him for his surpassing greatness!

150:3 Praise him with the blast of the horn!

Praise him with the lyre and the harp!

150:4 Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing!

Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!

150:5 Praise him with loud cymbals!

Praise him with clanging cymbals!

Psalms 148:3-4

148:3 Praise him, O sun and moon!

Praise him, all you shiny stars! ³ 

148:4 Praise him, O highest heaven,

and you waters above the sky! ⁴ 

Psalms 150:1

Psalm 150 ⁵ 

150:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise God in his sanctuary!

Praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength! ⁶ 

Psalms 148:1

Psalm 148 ⁷ 

148:1 Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the sky!

Praise him in the heavens!

Psalms 22:23

22:23 You loyal followers of the Lord, ⁸  praise him!

All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!

All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him! ⁹ 

[148:2]  ¹ tn Or “heavenly messengers.”

[148:2]  ² tn Heb “all his host.”

[148:3]  ³ tn Heb “stars of light.”

[148:4]  ⁵ sn The “water” mentioned here corresponds to the “waters above” mentioned in Gen 1:7. See also Ps 104:3. For a discussion of the picture envisioned by the psalmist, see L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 47.

[150:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 150. The Psalter concludes with a resounding call for praise from everything that has breath.

[150:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “the sky of his strength.”

[148:1]  ⁹ sn Psalm 148. The psalmist calls upon all creation to praise the Lord, for he is the creator and sovereign king of the world.

[22:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[you] fearers of the Lord.” See Ps 15:4.

[22:23]  ¹² tn Heb “fear him.”