Praise him, O heaven and earth, the seas and all that move in them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
- KJV Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
- BSB Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
- NKJV Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.
- NASB ¶Heaven and earth shall praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.
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Quick answer
David calls all creation, heaven, earth, and seas, to praise God. It summons the whole universe to worship the Lord.
Overview
David widens his praise to embrace the heavens, the earth, and the teeming seas, calling all creation to honor God. The God who saves his afflicted people is the Creator and Lord of all. Such cosmic praise anticipates the day when every creature in heaven and earth will worship God and the Lamb (Revelation 5:13).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 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 150:6Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!
- Ps 96:11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
- Isa 55:12For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
- Ps 148:1–14Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!
- Isa 44:22–23I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
- Ps 98:7–8Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
- Rev 7:11–13All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,
- Gen 1:20God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
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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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