Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
Parallel translations
- WEB Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!
- KJV Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
- NKJV Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light!
- NASB Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light!
- NLT Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you twinkling stars!
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Quick answer
The sun, moon, and stars are called to praise God. The celestial lights testify to the glory of their Maker.
Overview
The great heavenly bodies, which pagan nations worshiped, are here commanded to worship the true God instead. They are creatures, not gods, declaring His glory by their existence. The heavens declare the glory of God who made them through His eternal Word (Psalm 19:1; John 1:3).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 19:1–6For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- Ps 136:7–9He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 8:1–3For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
- Gen 1:14–16And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- Deut 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
- Gen 8:22As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
- Ps 89:36–37his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
- Jer 33:20“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
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Christ at the center
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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