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Psalm 148

Psa. 148:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Praise
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
ye him, sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
and moon
yareach (Hebrew #3394)
the moon
KJV usage: moon. Yrechow. See 3405.
Pronounce: yaw-ray'-akh
Origin: from the same as 3391
: praise
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
him, all ye stars
kowkab (Hebrew #3556)
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
KJV usage: star((-gazer)).
Pronounce: ko-kawb'
Origin: probably from the same as 3522 (in the sense of rolling) or 3554 (in the sense of blazing)
of light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 8:1‑3• 1To the chief musician upon Gittith ; a Psalm of David.{HR}O Jehovah our Lord, how glorious [is] thy name in all the earth!{HR}Thou who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.
 2From the mouth of children and sucklings hast thou ordained praise{HR}Because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the revenger.
 3When I behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,{HR}The moon and the stars which thou hast established, (Psa. 8:1‑3)
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Psa. 19:1‑6• 1To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}The heavens [are] telling the glory of God,{HR}And the expanse [is] showing the work of his hands.
 2Day unto day uttereth speech,{HR}And night unto night showeth knowledge.
 3[There is] no speech and [there are] no words;{HR}Their voice is not heard.
 4In all the earth their line has gone forth,{HR}And their speech unto the end of the world;{HR}In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun;
 5And it [is] as a bridegroom going forth from his bridal chamber;{HR}It rejoiceth as a mighty man to run a course.
 6From the end of the heavens [is] its going forth,{HR}And its circuit unto their ends,{HR}And nothing is hidden from its heat. (Psa. 19:1‑6)
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Psa. 89:36‑37• 36His seed shall be forever,{HR}And his throne as the sun before me,
 37As the moon is established forever,{HR}As the witness in the sky [is] firm. Selah. (Psa. 89:36‑37)
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Psa. 136:7‑9• 7To him that made great light;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 8The sun for rule in the day;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 9The moon and stars for rule in the night;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:7‑9)
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Gen. 1:14‑16• 14And God said, Let there be light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and between the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
 15and let them be for light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth. And it was so.
 16And God made the two great lights, the greater light for ruling the day, and the lesser light for ruling the night (the stars also). (Gen. 1:14‑16)
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Gen. 8:22• 22Henceforth all the days of the earth, seed and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. (Gen. 8:22)
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Deut. 4:19• 19{i}and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven.{/i} (Deut. 4:19)
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Jer. 33:20• 20Thus saith Jehovah; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; (Jer. 33:20)
• {v.3-6} Then, descending to creation, the sun, moon, and stars of light add their mead of praise. The highest heavens with the clouds above the lower heavens are called to praise. Let the heavens praise the Lord, for He commanded and they were created, “He spake and it was done” (Psa. 33:9). He established the spheres forever, and decreed their movements from which they will not diverge. (“Psalm 148” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.

W. Kelly Translation

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Praise him, sun and moon;{HR}Praise him, all ye stars of light.