Psalms 148

1 Hallelujah. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.

Praise Yahweh! Praise him, from up in heaven; praise him from way up in the sky!

2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye 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 ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

Sun and moon, [you also] praise him! You shining stars, you praise him!

4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are 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 commanded and they were created.

I want [all of] these to praise Yahweh [MTY] because by commanding [them to exist], he created them.

6 And he established them for ever and to eternity: he gave a decree which none shall transgress.

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, ye sea-monsters, 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, and hail, snow, and vapor; thou storm-wind that fulfillest 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 Ye mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars;

Hills and mountains, fruit trees and cedar [trees],

10 Ye beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, 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 Ye kings of the earth, and all nations; ye 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 also virgins; old men, together with boys: —

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 alone is exalted; his majesty is above 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 He also exalteth the horn of his people, a praise unto all his pious servants, [even] unto the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah.

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!