Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: Psalms 148:5 - American Standard
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 148:5 |
American Standard |
Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For he commanded, and they were created. |
| |
King James |
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. |
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] |
praise the name--as representing His perfections.
he commanded--"He" is emphatic, ascribing creation to God alone. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Let them praise the name of the Lord - That is, Let them praise Yahweh himself - the name being often put for the person or thing referred to.
For he commanded, and they were created - He showed his great power by merely speaking, and they came at once into being. Compare Psa 33:6, note; Psa 33:9, note. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He commanded, and they were created - He spake the word expressive of the idea in his infinite mind; and they sprang into being according to that idea. |
9 For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.