Bible Strands
Psalms 148:10
wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist issues a liturgical summons to all creation, continuing the catalog of praise from geographical features to terrestrial animals and birds.
The words — חַיָּה (chaiyah) denotes wild animals, while רֶמֶשׂ (remes) specifies creeping creatures, both listed alongside all livestock and winged birds.
The thread — This enumeration of animal life echoes the creation mandate in Genesis 1:20 and aligns with the psalmist’s command in Psalm 103:22 for all works to bless the Lord.
Why it lands — The text demands that readers recognize every category of terrestrial life as a participant in cosmic worship, leaving no creature outside the scope of divine praise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
Cross-references
- Genesis 1:20 And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
- Psalms 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
- Psalms 103:22 Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
- Genesis 7:14 they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
- Ezekiel 17:23 I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
- Psalms 50:10 for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.