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Psalm 148: When All Creation Finds Its Voice
Here at last is the psalm that lets us overhear what has been happening all along. The sun and moon, the deeps of the sea, the dragons and the cedars, the creeping things and the flying fowl — all of them have been praising God since before we arrived. The psalmist is not commanding them to begin; he is commanding us to notice. For the whole cosmos is already a choir, and we, latecomers that we are, have merely been given the astonishing invitation to join in. The angels and the heights sing above us. The fire and hail and stormy wind sing around us. And somewhere between the old men and the children, there is a place kept open — for you. This is what we were made for: not to be the audience of creation, but to add our particular, unrepeatable voice to the great sound that was ancient before the morning stars sang together.
00:00 Call to Cosmic Praise
00:13 The Heavenly Chorus
00:26 The Decree That Holds
00:35 Earth Joins the Song
00:55 Kings, Children, and All Between
01:07 His Glory Above All
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Daily Psalms - Classical Psalms Every Day — Psalm Chapter 148. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Praise the Lord, praise ye the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights, praise ye him all his angels, praise ye him all his hosts, praise ye him sun and moon, praise him all ye stars of light, praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens, let them praise the name of the Lord, for he commanded and they were created. He hath also established them forever and ever. He hath made a decree which shall not pass, praise the Lord from the earth, he dragons and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and vapors, stormy wind fulfilling his word, mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars, beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying foul kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the earth, both young men and men, old men and children,
but them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is excellent, his glory is above the earth and heaven. He also exalted the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him, praise ye the Lord.
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