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href="../psalms/147.htm" title="Psalm 147">◄</a> Psalm 148 <a href="../psalms/149.htm" title="Psalm 149">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/148.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Praise the Name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> from the heavens;</span><br /><span class="indent">praise him in the heights!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Praise him, all his angels;</span><br /><span class="indent">praise him, all his hosts!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Praise him, sun and moon,</span><br /><span class="indent">praise him, all you shining stars!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Praise him, you highest heavens,</span><br /><span class="indent">and you waters above the heavens!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let them praise the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent">For he commanded and they were created.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And he established them forever and ever;</span><br /><span class="indent">he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or it shall not be transgressed">a</a></sup></span></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> from the earth,</span><br /><span class="indent">you great sea creatures and all deeps,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">fire and hail, snow and mist,</span><br /><span class="indent">stormy wind fulfilling his word!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Mountains and all hills,</span><br /><span class="indent">fruit trees and all cedars!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Beasts and all livestock,</span><br /><span class="indent">creeping things and flying birds!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Kings of the earth and all peoples,</span><br /><span class="indent">princes and all rulers of the earth!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Young men and maidens together,</span><br /><span class="indent">old men and children!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let them praise the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">for his name alone is exalted;</span><br /><span class="indent">his majesty is above earth and heaven.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/148-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He has raised up a horn for his people,</span><br /><span class="indent">praise for all his saints,</span><br /><span class="indent">for the people of Israel who are near to him.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">it shall not</span> be transgressed</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a 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