Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens! Praise him from the skies!
Parallel translations
- WEB Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!
- KJV Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
- BSB Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.
- NKJV Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights!
- NASB Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights!
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Quick answer
The heavens and the heights are called to praise the LORD. All the highest parts of creation are summoned to worship God.
Overview
This great cosmic doxology begins by calling the heavens themselves to praise their Maker. Worship is the proper response of all creation, from the loftiest realms downward. Such universal praise anticipates the day when all things in heaven and earth glorify God through Christ (Colossians 1:20).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 89:5The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
- Ps 69:34Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
- Rev 19:1–6After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
- Luke 2:13–14Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,
- Isa 49:13Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break out into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
- Ps 146:1Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
- Matt 21:9The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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