Psalms 148
1 Praise Yahweh! Praise him, from up in heaven; praise him from way up in the sky!
Praise ye Yah, Praise Yahweh, out of the heavens, Praise him, in the heights;
2 All you angels who belong to him, praise him! All you who are in the armies of heaven, praise him!
Praise him, all his messengers, Praise him, all his host;
3 Sun and moon, [you also] praise him! You shining stars, you praise him!
Praise him, sun and moon, Praise him, all ye stars of light;
4 You highest heavens, praise him! And you waters that are high above the sky, praise him!
Praise him, O ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens;
5 I want [all of] these to praise Yahweh [MTY] because by commanding [them to exist], he created them.
Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for, he, commanded, and they were created;
6 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!
So caused he them to stand perpetually—age-abidingly, A decree, hath he given, and it passeth not beyond.
7 And everything on the earth, praise Yahweh! You [huge] sea monsters and [everything else that is] deep [in the ocean],
Praise Yahweh, out of the earth, sea monsters, and all resounding deeps;
8 and fire and hail, and snow and frost, and strong winds that obey what he commands, [I tell] all of you to praise Yahweh!
Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
9 Hills and mountains, fruit trees and cedar [trees],
Ye mountains, and all hills, fruit trees, and all cedars;
10 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]!
Thou wild-beast, and all ye cattle, crawling creature, and bird of wing;
11 You kings on this earth and all the people [that you rule], you princes and all [other] rulers,
Kings of earth, and all peoples, Rulers, and all judges of earth;
12 you young men and young women, you old people and children, [everyone, praise Yahweh!]
Young men, yea even virgins, elders, and children.
13 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.
Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for lofty is his Name alone, His splendour is over earth and heavens.
14 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!
Therefore hath he exalted a horn for his people, a praise for all his men of lovingkindness, for the sons of Israel—a people near him, Praise ye Yah!
