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Psalm 148:12
both young men and maidens, old men and children.
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.
13Let them praise the LORD’s name, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
14He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise the LORD!
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Young men and maidens, old men and children all appear in the same summons to praise, leaving no age outside the worship of God.
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Jeremiah 31:13Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them …Both passages name young women, young men, and the old, gathering generations into praise or rejoicing.
Titus 2:4–6that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,Both passages name young women and children, though Titus concerns family love and the psalm concerns praise.
Matthew 21:15–16But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son …Psalm 148 includes children among those summoned to praise, and Matthew describes children crying out praise to the son of David.
Psalm 68:25The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,Women appear among the worshipers in both psalms, named among those summoned to praise here and playing tambourines in Psalm 68.
Luke 19:37As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for …Both passages describe praise offered to God by a gathered multitude, though Luke does not distinguish the worshipers by age.
Psalm 8:2From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.Children have a place in both texts: among those summoned to praise and among those through whom God establishes strength.
Zechariah 9:17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.Both passages name young men and young women, with the psalm summoning their praise and Zechariah describing their flourishing.
Titus 2:6Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded.Young men receive direct attention in both passages: they are summoned to praise in the psalm and exhorted to sober mindedness in Titus.
Psalm 19:2Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge.The connection is broad: people are summoned to praise in Psalm 148, while days and nights communicate in Psalm 19:2.
1 John 2:13I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, …Both texts address several generations, naming young men and children within a larger community whose life is directed toward God.
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Your age gives you a place among these worshipers. The young and the old are summoned to praise the same YHWH, whose name alone is exalted.
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