Psalms 148:14
The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Confessio ejus super cælum et terram ; et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis ejus ; filiis Israël, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluja.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ὑψώσει κέρας λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, λαῷ ἐγγίζοντι αὐτῷ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיָּ֤רֶם קֶ֨רֶן לְעַמּ֡וֹ תְּהִלָּ֤ה לְֽכָל חֲסִידָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֣י יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל עַֽם קְרֹב֗וֹ הַֽלְלוּ יָֽהּ
Haydock's commentary
Earth. All contribute towards the divine praise. Yet they cannot afford as much as God deserves.
Horn. Glory, (Calmet) or the Messias; though this cannot easily be proved to be the literal sense. (Berthier)
People. Establishing his Church. (Worthington)
Saints. Israelites, (Berthier) particularly the sacred ministers, Deuteronomy iv. 7. (Calmet)
To him. By free-will, assisted by God's grace. (Worthington) (Hebrews xi. 6., and James iv. 8.) (Berthier)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXLVIII
10. Then he mentioneth, that they may praise the Lord, “mountains and hills, fruitful trees and all cedars” ( ver. 9 ): “beasts and all cattle, creeping things, and winged fowls” ( ver. 10 ). Then he goeth to men; “kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the earth” ( ver. 11 ): “young men and maidens, old men and young, let them praise the Name of the Lord” ( ver. 12 ). Ended is the praise from heaven, ended is the praise from earth. “For His Name only is exalted” ( ver. 13 ). Let no man seek to exalt his own name. Wilt thou be exalted? Subject thyself to Him who cannot be humbled. “His confession is in earth and heaven” ( ver. 14 ). What is “His confession”? Is it the confession wherewith He confesseth? No, but that whereby all things confess Him, all things cry aloud: the beauty of all things is in a manner their voice, whereby they praise God. …