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Psalm 148:6
He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
4Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens.
5Let them praise the LORD’s name, for he commanded, and they were created.
6He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
7Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths,
8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,
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The decree that will not pass away draws attention to the heavens’ dependence on God, whose command establishes what no human hand can secure.
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Genesis 1:14God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;Both passages describe God ordering the heavens through his command, with Genesis naming the lights’ roles in marking time.
Jeremiah 33:25The LORD says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,Both connect heaven’s enduring order with God’s authority, expressed through a decree in the psalm and appointed ordinances in Jeremiah.
Psalm 119:90Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.Both credit God with establishing creation so that it remains, naming the heavens here and the earth in Psalm 119.
Jeremiah 31:35–36The LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves …Both describe the heavens as subject to God’s ordering, with Jeremiah naming the ordinances of the moon and stars.
Job 38:33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?Both speak of an established order in the heavens; Job questions human knowledge of the laws the psalm attributes to God.
Psalm 89:37It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.Both use the language of being established forever, with the heavens or the moon providing a picture of permanence.
Jeremiah 31:36“If these ordinances depart from before me,” says the LORD, “then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever.”Both speak of enduring divine ordinances, with Jeremiah linking their continuance to Israel’s continuance as a nation before God.
Job 38:10–11marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,Both portray God setting an order, expressed as a decree in the psalm and as bounds, bars, and doors in Job.
Isaiah 54:9“For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be …Both speak of God’s lasting resolve, though Isaiah concerns his oath about floodwaters and anger rather than the establishment of heaven.
Proverbs 8:27–29When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,Both describe God establishing the heavens, with Proverbs also describing his setting a circle on the surface of the deep.
Psalm 93:1The LORD reigns! He is clothed with majesty! The LORD is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.Both describe creation as established by God, with Psalm 93 connecting the world’s stability to the LORD’s reign and strength.
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Your praise has a reason beyond the events of this day: the heavens exist by God’s command, and the decree by which he established them will endure.
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