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Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens! Praise him in the heights! See also: Psalms 89:5 Psalms 69:34 Revelation 19:1-6Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army! See also: Psalms 103:20-21 Isaiah 6:2-4 Job 38:7Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars! See also: Psalms 19:1-6 Psalms 8:1-3 Psalms 136:7-9Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens. See also: 1 Kings 8:27 Genesis 1:7 Deuteronomy 10:14Let them praise the LORD’s name, for he commanded, and they were created. See also: Revelation 4:11 Genesis 1:6 Psalms 33:6-9He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away. See also: Jeremiah 33:25 Jeremiah 31:35-36 Psalms 89:37Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths, See also: Genesis 1:21 Psalms 74:13-14 Psalms 104:25-26lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word, See also: Psalms 147:15-18 Revelation 16:8-9 Revelation 16:21mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, See also: Isaiah 44:23 Isaiah 49:13 Isaiah 55:12-13wild animals and all livestock, small creatures and flying birds, See also: Psalms 150:6 Genesis 1:20-25 Psalms 103:22kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth, See also: Isaiah 60:3 Psalms 102:15 Revelation 21:24both young men and maidens, old men and children. See also: Titus 2:4-6 Jeremiah 31:13 Matthew 21:15-16Let them praise the LORD’s name, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens. See also: Psalms 113:4 Psalms 8:1 Psalms 8:9He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise the LORD! See also: Psalms 75:10 Ephesians 2:17 1 Samuel 2:1

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)12 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Introduction to the chapter

PSALM CXLVIII. (LAUDATE DOMINUM DE CŒLIS.)

All creatures are invited to praise their Creator.

Psalms 148:1

Ver. 1. Alleluia. Sept. Syr. &c. add, "of Aggæus and Zacharias," as it seems to have been composed after the captivity, v. 13. C. --- But why might not David thus invite all to praise God?

He descends from the highest creatures to those on earth. Bert. --- Heavens.

All ye blessed spirits, preach God for the excellence of your nature, and for your numbers. W.

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Psalms 148:2

Ver. 2. Hosts. Stars, (C.) or rather angels. S. Chrys. Matt. xxvi. 52. --- The three children made the same invitation to them, rejoicing in this holy communion.

Bert.

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Psalms 148:3

Ver. 3. And light. Heb. "of light," meaning the planets. Kimchi. --- The harmony of these things invites us to praise the Lord. Origen and S. Hilary seem to represent them as intelligent. But (C.) when God is praised on their account...they all praise him. S. Aug. --- Irrational things shew forth the excellence of their Creator. W.

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Psalms 148:4

Ver. 4. Of heavens. The highest and most excellent, (C.) though not the abode of the angels, which had been specified before. --- Heavens, in the clouds. It is not necessary to allow these waters to be above the stars. Bert.

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Psalms 148:5

Ver. 5. He spoke, and they were made, is not in Heb. or Chal. being taken from Ps. xxxii. 9. (C.) or lost in the original. Bert.

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Psalms 148:6

Ver. 6. Away. The heavenly bodies observe the most constant order. H. --- They are not liable to change, like sublunary things, (C.) though God may suspend the laws which he has established.

Bert.

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Psalms 148:7

Ver. 7. Earth. All ye inhabitants. H. --- He then addresses whales, and all in the seas.

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Psalms 148:8

Ver. 8. Word. For the punishment of the wicked, (C.) and to strike the saints with awe. H.

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Psalms 148:9

Ver. 9. Mountains. Thales, Origen, &c. have attributed souls to waters, &c. But this cannot be proved from this poetical personification. C.

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Psalms 148:11

Ver. 11. Kings, &c. God is to be praised for the diversity of states, whereby the whole community is preserved.

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Psalms 148:13

Ver. 13. Alone. God, and not any idol, has disposed all things. W.

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Psalms 148:14

Ver. 14. Earth. All contribute towards the divine praise. Yet they cannot afford as much as God deserves. --- Horn. Glory, (C.) or the Messias; though this cannot easily be proved to be the literal sense. Bert. --- People. Establishing his Church. W. --- Saints. Israelites, (Bert.) particularly the sacred ministers.

Deut. iv. 7. C. --- To him. By free-will, assisted by God's grace. W. Heb. xi. 6.

Jam. iv. 8. Bert.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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