Psalms 148:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהַלְל֤וּ ׀ אֶת־שֵׁ֬ם יְהוָ֗ה כִּֽי־נִשְׂגָּ֣ב שְׁמ֣וֹ לְבַדּ֑וֹ ה֝וֹד֗וֹ עַל־אֶ֥רֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Yehallelû ʾet-šēm YHWH kî-niśgāb šemô lebaddô hôdô ʿal-ʾereṣ wešāmāyim

Grammar Details

*Yehallelû*: imperfect 3rd person plural - they shall praise
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*šēm*: noun masculine singular construct - name of
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*niśgāb*: niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - is exalted
*šemô*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name
*lebaddô*: preposition + noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his alone
*hôdô*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his majesty
*ʿal*: preposition - over/upon
*ʾereṣ*: noun feminine singular - earth
*wešāmāyim*: conjunction + noun masculine plural - and heavens

Word Meanings

*Yehallelû*: they shall praise/let them praise
*šēm*: name/reputation/character
*kî*: for/because/when
*niśgāb*: is exalted/lifted high/inaccessibly high
*lebaddô*: to his alone/by himself/only his
*hôdô*: his majesty/his splendor/his glory
*ʿal*: over/upon/above
*ʾereṣ*: earth/land/ground
*šāmāyim*: heavens/sky

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 8:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!
Ps 113:4 : 4 Jehovah is high above all nations, And his glory above the heavens.
Isa 12:4 : 4 And in that day shall ye say, Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.
Isa 33:5 : 5 Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Zech 9:17 : 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one].
Eph 4:10 : 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
1 Pet 3:22 : 22 who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
1 Chr 29:11 : 11 Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [is thine]; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Song 5:9 : 9 What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?
Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Isa 6:3 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Ps 8:9 : 9 O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {H5542}
Ps 72:19 : 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
Ps 99:3-4 : 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name: Holy is he. 4 The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Ps 99:9 : 9 Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy.
Ps 108:4 : 4 For thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens; And thy truth [reacheth] unto the skies.

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Ps 148:14
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1Praise ye Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens: Praise him in the heights.
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1Praise ye Jehovah. Praise, O ye servants of Jehovah, Praise the name of Jehovah.
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Ps 8:9
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5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
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