Psalms 148:4
Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
In Context
3Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises.
5Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no number.
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Genesis 7:11In the six hundreth year of the life of Noe in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were open:
1 Kings 8:27Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?
Nehemiah 9:6Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all the host thereof: the earth and all things that are in it: the seas and all that are therein: and thou givest life to all these things, and the host of heaven adoreth thee.
Psalms 69:35Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.
Psalms 113:6and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 148:2-7
An Invitation to Praise. 1 Praise ye the Lord . Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the Lord : for he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. We, in this dark and… Read the whole commentary →