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Selected Verse: Psalms 148:4 - Basic English
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 148:4 |
Basic English |
Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens. |
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King James |
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
heavens of heavens--the very highest.
waters--clouds, resting above the visible heavens (compare Gen 1:7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens - Referring to the idea that there is one heaven rising above another. See the notes at Psa 68:33. See Kg1 8:27 : "Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee." Compare Ch2 2:6.
And ye waters that be above the heavens - Gen 1:7 : "And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament." The allusion here is to the waters which seem to be above the lower heaven, that is, the air, and which seem to come from some higher region - some higher heaven. See the notes at Psa 104:3 : "Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Heavens of heavens - Ye highest heavens, the place of God's throne. Waters - Ye clouds which are above a part of the heavens. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Heavens of heavens - Heavens exceeding heavens. Systems of systems extending as far beyond the solar system, as it does beyond the lowest deeps. The endless systematic concatenation of worlds.
Ye waters that be above the heavens - This refers to Gen 1:7 (note), where see the notes. Clouds, vapours, air, exhalations, rain, Snow, and meteors of every kind. |
7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.
3 The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:
7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.
6 But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.
27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!
33 To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.
7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.