Psalm 148:4 (WEB)
Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens.
Fathers and councils · 12
Origen
“…passages where we speak of sun, moon, and stars, and especially these,—“Praise Him, all ye stars, and thou, O light,” and, “Praise Him, ye heaven of heavens,”—he would not have said of us that we regard such mighty beings, which “greatly praise” the Lord God, as of no account.” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. cxlviii. 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“…and in this sense we understand the words, “Praise God, ye heaven of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens: let them praise the name of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. cxlviii. 4, 5.
Read the whole comment- Origen, Against Celsus VI.19Book VI
“…things, when he said in the book of Psalms: “Praise God, ye heaven of heavens and ye waters that be above the heavens, let them praise the name of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 4.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“…fire and hail, snow and vapour, wind of the storm, mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars, beasts and all cattle, worms and feathered fowls.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. cxlviii. 2–10.
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John Damascene
“Since, therefore, the Scripture speaks of heaven, and heaven of heaven, and heavens of heavens, and the blessed Paul says that he was snatched away to the third heaven, we say that in the cosmogony of the universe we accept the creation of a heaven…” — editor's note: Ib. cxlviii. 4.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But when, “from the heavens,” these praise Thee, praise Thee, our God, “in the heights,” all Thy “angels,” all Thy “hosts,” “sun and moon,” all ye stars and light, “the heavens of heavens,” and the “waters that be above the heavens,” praise Thy name.” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 1–12.
Read the whole comment“…of Thine, our mother which is above, and is free, and “eternal in the heavens” (in what heavens, unless in those that praise Thee, the “heaven of heavens,” because this also is the “heaven of heavens,” which is the Lord’s)—although we find not time before it, because that which hath been created before all things…” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 4.
Read the whole comment“Which also we may call the Heavens of Heavens, just as He hath called the firmament Heaven: which Heaven, however, even as Heavens we read of, in the place where there is written, “and let the waters which are above the Heavens praise the name of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 4.
Read the whole comment““Praise Him, ye heaven of heavens, and waters that are above the heavens” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Let them praise the name of the Lord; for He commanded, and they were created.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 1–5.
Read the whole comment“For God called the firmament, above which are the waters, “Heaven,” and yet the psalm says, “Let the waters that are above the heavens praise the name of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 4.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And to this the prophet himself is a witness, when he exclaims, “Praise the Lord, ye heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 4. [Pindar (῞Αριστον μὲν ὕδωρ, Olymp., i. 1), is expounded and then transcended.]
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in Confessions XII.15.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in Confessions XII.15.
Cited together in The City of God XI.9.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.19.
Cited together in Confessions XII.15.
Cited together in Confessions XII.15.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in Confessions XII.15.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in The City of God XI.9.
Cited together in Confessions XII.15.
Cited together in Confessions XII.15.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in Confessions XII.15.