Psalm 148:4 “Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.”

Psalm 148:4

Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

World English Bible

Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens.

American Standard Version

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

Geneva Bible 1599

Prayse ye him, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.

Darby Translation

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

Young's Literal Translation

Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

Bible in Basic English

Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.

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Cross references

“heavens”

1 Kings 8:27 Psalm 113:6 2 Corinthians 12:2

1 Kings 8:27 · BSB

But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

Psalm 113:6 · BSB

He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.

2 Corinthians 12:2 · BSB

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.

“waters”

Genesis 1:7 Psalm 104:3 Genesis 7:11

Genesis 1:7 · BSB

So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

Psalm 104:3 · BSB

laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Genesis 7:11 · BSB

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Also

Deuteronomy 10:14 Nehemiah 9:6 Psalm 68:33

Deuteronomy 10:14 · BSB

Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.

Nehemiah 9:6 · BSB

You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships Yo…

Psalm 68:33 · BSB

to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

5Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.

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