Psalm 148 — Let the angels
praise God. Let the sun, moon and stars praise God. Let the heavens shout,
Hallelujah! Everything that it owes praise to the Creator; the angels in
heaven, sun, moon, and stars; nature, the deep, every creature on earth and all
mankind.
Psalm 148 – Let Heaven and Earth Praise the
LORD
Psalm 148
calls upon all creation to praise the LORD. What a wonderful song this is! Look
over it again, and note the fact that there is no reference in it, from first
to last, to the mercy, or pity, or compassion of God. But that is because there
is no reference to evil in any form.
Psalm 148
continues a line of thought which runs through Scripture from its first page to
its last – namely, that, as man’s sin subjected the creatures to ‘vanity,’ so
his redemption shall be their glorifying.
This call to
all creation to praise the LORD is not an empty wish. Revelation 5:11-13 tells
us specifically that it will be fulfilled. Oh what a hymn of praise is here! It
is a universal chorus! All created nature have a share, and all perform their
respective parts.[2]
Collect for Psalm 148: God Most High, by your Word you created a
wondrous universe, and through your Spirit, you breathed into it the breath of
life. Accept creation’s hymn of praise from our lips, and let the praise that
is sung in heaven resound in the heart of every creature on earth, to the glory
of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever.[3] Amen
Collect for All Saints Day: O Almighty God, who has knit together Thine elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of Thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow Thy blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys which Thou hast prepared for those who unfeignedly love Thee; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who with Thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.[4]
[1] Image of
the cross, © Ed Riojas Higher Things
[2] https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/psalm-148/
[3] Collect
for Psalm 148, For All the Saints, A Prayer Book For and By the Church, Vol. II
© 1995 The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY
[4] Ibid Collect
for All Saints Day
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