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Sunday, December 31. 2017

From today's Lectionary: Praise the Lord


Psalm 148




148:1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights!

148:2 Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host!

148:3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars!

148:4 Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!

148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he commanded and they were created.

148:6 He established them forever and ever; he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.

148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps,

148:8 fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command!

148:9 Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!

148:10 Wild animals and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds!

148:11 Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth!

148:12 Young men and women alike, old and young together!

148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above earth and heaven.

148:14 He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his faithful, for the people of Israel who are close to him. Praise the LORD!
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Thanks BD and everyone else at Maggie's Farm. Happy New Year!
#1 grant1863 on 2017-12-31 09:42 (Reply)
"...and all deeps" "creeping things and flying birds" and all readers of Maggie's Farm another dot com, I might add..
Happy New Year
#2 peter on 2017-12-31 11:02 (Reply)
Thanx and God Bless
#3 Capt. John A. Snyder on 2017-12-31 12:24 (Reply)
Thank you for the reminder. No matter how increasingly crazy humanity seems to be, we can be confident in God, who remains, as always, praiseworthy.
#4 SCReader on 2017-12-31 16:02 (Reply)
This psalm is in the introductory "verses of praise" section of the Jewish morning prayer service.

A very good translation (although "frost" in v8 is "mist") which conveys the singsong rhythm and free association of the original.

"Praise Him" in Hebrew is "HalleluHu" - pronounced just like Hallelujah - which puts a positive rhythmic pattern at the top of all those verses. (Just don't let your mind wander to Hawaiians or to Desi Arnaz singing "Babalu"...)

There'a a nice set of jaunty inner rhymes in verse 4: "Heavens" are "Sha-mayim" which is a contracted form of either "Sham Mayim" (there be water) or "Esh-Mayim" (fire-water).

"Highest heavens" are "Shmey-Shamayim"

So the roots "Mayim-shamayim-Shmey-Shamayim" are repeated throughout the verse.
#5 Ben David on 2017-12-31 18:46 (Reply)

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