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Psalm 148:10

wild animals and all livestock, small creatures and flying birds,

8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,
9mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
10wild animals and all livestock, small creatures and flying birds,
11kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth,
12both young men and maidens, old men and children.
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Wild animals and livestock share a place in this song of praise, widening your attention beyond human voices to creatures both familiar and unseen.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Genesis 1:20God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”Genesis describes God commanding birds to fly above the earth; Psalm 148 includes flying birds among those summoned to praise.
Psalm 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!Psalm 150 summons everything with breath to praise; Psalm 148 names animals and birds within that breadth.
Genesis 1:24God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.Both passages name livestock and other land creatures, describing their creation in Genesis and summoning them to praise in Psalm 148.
Psalm 8:8the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.Both psalms name birds, though Psalm 8 also includes fish and creatures moving through the seas.
Psalm 103:22Praise the LORD, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul!Psalm 103 summons all God’s works to praise him; Psalm 148 names animals and birds among that company.
Psalm 104:12The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.Birds appear in both psalms, singing among branches in Psalm 104 and included in the summons to praise in Psalm 148.
Ezekiel 17:23I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the …Both passages include birds: Ezekiel describes their shelter in a cedar, while Psalm 148 includes them in praise.
Genesis 7:14they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after …Both passages list animals, livestock, small ground creatures, and birds, gathering a wide range of animal life into view.
Isaiah 43:20The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my …Both passages associate animals with honoring God; Isaiah specifies that they honor him for water provided in the wilderness.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. an ordinary day.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Praise God for one bird you see this week

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Encouragement

Your voice joins a praise that reaches beyond human life. Even the small creatures have a place in this psalm’s summons to honor God.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).