Psalms 148
1 Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise you the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the highest.
Praise Yahweh! Praise him, from up in heaven; praise him from way up in the sky!
2 Praise you him, all his angels: praise you him, all his hosts.
All you angels who belong to him, praise him! All you who are in the armies of heaven, praise him!
3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you stars and light.
Sun and moon, [you also] praise him! You shining stars, you praise him!
4 Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens.
You highest heavens, praise him! And you waters that are high above the sky, praise him!
5 Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.
I want [all of] these to praise Yahweh [MTY] because by commanding [them to exist], he created them.
6 He has established them for ever, even for ever and ever: he has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away.
He determined the places where they should be [in the sky], and he commanded that they should be there forever. They cannot disobey that command!
7 Praise the Lord from the earth, you serpents, and all deeps.
And everything on the earth, praise Yahweh! You [huge] sea monsters and [everything else that is] deep [in the ocean],
8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his word.
and fire and hail, and snow and frost, and strong winds that obey what he commands, [I tell] all of you to praise Yahweh!
9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
Hills and mountains, fruit trees and cedar [trees],
10 wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds:
all the wild animals and all [you] cattle, and the (reptiles/creatures that scurry across the ground), and [all] the birds, [I tell all of them to praise Yahweh]!
11 kings of the earth, and all peoples; princes, and all judges of the earth:
You kings on this earth and all the people [that you rule], you princes and all [other] rulers,
12 young men and virgins, old men with youths:
you young men and young women, you old people and children, [everyone, praise Yahweh!]
13 let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only is exalted; his praise is above the earth and heaven,
I want them [all] to praise Yahweh [MTY] because he is greater than anyone else. His glory is greater than [anything on] the earth or [in] heaven.
14 and he shall exalt the horn of his people, [there is] a hymn for all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.
He caused us, his people, to be strong in order that we, his people, we Israeli people (who are very precious to him/whom he loves very much), would praise him. So praise Yahweh!
