Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 148:2
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
2. Cp. Psa 103:20 a, 21 a. Hosts may include both heavenly beings and heavenly bodies, and in Job 38:7 angels and stars join in praise: but here as in Psa 103:21 the angels only seem to be meant (cp. 1Ki 22:19; Neh 9:6); the heavenly bodies follow in Psa 148:3. The Q’r and all the Versions read the plur. hosts; the K’thbh has the sing. host.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Praise ye him, all his angels – Dwelling in the heavens. Compare the notes at Psa 103:20.
Praise ye him, all his hosts – See the notes at Psa 103:21 and the notes at Isa 1:9. All his armies – referring to the angels considered as marshalled into hosts, of which God is the Head and Leader.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
He inviteth the angels here, and the senseless creatures afterward, to praise God; not as if the former needed, or the latter were capable of, his exhortation, but only by a poetical rapture; the design whereof is, that men by this means might be more provoked to this duty. The angels are called
hosts, here and 1Ki 22:19, for their vast numbers, exquisite order, and perfect subjection to their General, the Lord of hosts.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
2. hosts(compare Ps103:21).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Praise ye him, all his angels,…. The Targum adds, who minister before him: the ministering spirits, the angels of Jehovah, even of Christ, who are his creatures, and at his command; and whom he sends forth to minister to others, Heb 1:7. And great numbers there are of them, thousands and tens of thousands, yea, an innumerable company; and all of them are under obligation to praise the Lord for their creation: for invisible spirits, as well as visible bodies, even the celestial thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, were created by him, by Christ, Col 1:16. And for their preservation in their beings, and confirmation in that happy estate in which they were created; being chosen and secured in Christ, the head of all principality and power, and so stood while others fell: and also for the various excellent powers, and faculties and properties, they are endowed with; they excel in strength, are possessed of great agility and swiftness; have a large share of knowledge, of things natural, civil, moral, spiritual, and evangelical; are perfectly holy, and without sin; and happy in the enjoyment of God, in whose presence they always are, and whose face they continually behold; and will ever remain in this state, being immaterial and immortal beings. And as praise is their duty, it is their work; in this they were employed at the creation of all things, then these sons of God and morning stars sang and shouted for joy; and at the incarnation of Christ, when they worshipped him; at the conversion of every sinner; and frequently join the church in this service, and will be concerned in it to all eternity: and when the psalmist calls upon them to engage in it, it does not suppose that they were deficient in it, or backward to it, or that he had any authority over them to require it of them; but it shows his great desire that the Lord might be praised by the noblest creatures, and in the best manner that could be, and how much his heart was in this work; and he does it to stir up himself and others the more unto it, from this consideration; that if those heavenly creatures should praise the Lord, then much more such as he and others, who were so very unworthy of the divine favours, and so much beholden to the Lord for them;
praise ye him, all his hosts; meaning either the angels as before, sometimes called the hosts of heaven, and the heavenly host; there being armies and legions of them, and these encamping about the saints in a military way; see 2Ki 19:35; or else the celestial bodies, the sun, moon, and stars, as follow, sometimes called the host of heaven; and who are represented as militant, Ge 2:1
2Ki 21:3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2. Angels The highest order of holy created beings in heaven, who immediately war on God.
Hosts Hebrew, Sab’aoth; literally, armies. The title primarily applies to the national army of Israel, whose captain and leader was God. Hence, the frequent title, “God of hosts,” or armies. The idea of the word is not merely that of multitude, but of order, organization, and active martial service. The psalmist seems to use it here for the inhabitants of heaven generally, under whatsoever title they may be revealed to us as of angel, archangel, seraph, cherub, principality, or power. As he mentions the “stars” in Psa 148:3, it would seem they were not here included in the Sab’aoth, as they often are.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
He next looks to the heavenly host, angels, and the brighter order of celestial beings, who minister unceasingly to Jehovah. John in a vision, beheld the hierarchies thus engaged, and heard their songs, which the Holy Ghost was pleased to commission him to deliver to the church, Rev 4 and Rev 5 throughout.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
Ver. 2. Praise ye him, all his angels ] Whose proper office it is to adore and praise God, Job 38:7 Isa 6:3 Heb 1:6 , which also they do constantly and completely; as those that both perfectly know him and love him. Jacob saw them, 1. Ascending, to contemplate and praise the Lord, and minister to him, Luk 2:13 Dan 7:10 Mat 18:10 Psa 103:20 . Psa 103:2 . Descending, to execute God’s will upon men, for mercy to some, and for judgment to others; which tendeth much to his praise. And David, by calling upon these heavenly courtiers, provoketh and pricketh on himself to praise God.
Praise ye him, all his hosts
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
angels
(See Scofield “Heb 1:4”) .
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
all his angels: Psa 103:20, Psa 103:21, Job 38:7, Isa 6:2-4, Eze 3:12, Rev 5:11-13
all his hosts: Gen 2:1
Reciprocal: Gen 32:2 – God’s 1Ki 6:29 – carved figures 1Ki 18:15 – of hosts liveth 1Ch 12:22 – like the host of God Neh 9:6 – the host Job 25:3 – there Psa 33:6 – the host Jer 27:5 – made Luk 2:13 – a multitude Eph 3:10 – intent Rev 5:13 – every Rev 7:11 – all
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
148:2 Praise ye him, all {a} his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
(a) Because they are members of the same body, he sets them before our eyes, who are most willing and by their prompt obedience teach us to do our duty.