Psalm 148:6
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New International Version (©2011)
and he established them for ever and ever-- he issued a decree that will never pass away.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He set them in place forever and ever. His decree will never be revoked.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he established them forever and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which will not pass away.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He set them in position forever and ever; He gave an order that will never pass away.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He set them in place to last forever and ever; he gave the command and will not rescind it.

NET Bible (©2006)
He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
He established them for an eternity of eternities. He gave the law and it does not pass.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He set them in their places forever and ever. He made it a law that no one can break.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
He has also established them forever and ever: he has made a decree which shall not pass.

American King James Version
He has also established them for ever and ever: he has made a decree which shall not pass.

American Standard Version
He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.

Darby Bible Translation
And he established them for ever and ever; he made for them a statute which shall not pass.

English Revised Version
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass away.

Webster's Bible Translation
He hath also established them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

World English Bible
He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.

Young's Literal Translation
And He establisheth them for ever to the age, A statute He gave, and they pass not over.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

148:1-6 We, in this dark and sinful world, know little of the heavenly world of light. But we know that there is above us a world of blessed angels. They are always praising God, therefore the psalmist shows his desire that God may be praised in the best manner; also we show that we have communion with spirits above, who are still praising him. The heavens, with all contained in them, declare the glory of God. They call on us, that both by word and deed, we glorify with them the Creator and Redeemer of the universe.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 6. - He hath also established them forever and ever (comp. Psalm 89:37). The expression, "forever and ever," must not be pressed. It means "for all time" - while heaven and earth endure - but does not imply an absolute perpetuity. He hath made a decree which shall not pass; rather, which shall not pass away (see the Revised Version; and comp Genesis 8:22; Jeremiah 31:35, 36; Jeremiah 33:25).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He hath also stablished them for ever and ever,.... The angels are made immortal, and shall never die; and they are confirmed in their state of happiness by Christ, and shall always continue in it; the hosts of heaven being created by him, consist in him, and will remain as long as the world does; hence the duration and never-failing state of other things, even of good men and their felicity, are expressed by them; see Psalm 72:5;

he hath made a decree which shall not pass; concerning those creatures and their duration, which shall never pass away, or be frustrated or made void; but shall always continue and have its sure and certain effect; see Jeremiah 31:35; and is true of every decree of God, which is eternal and not frustrable, and is always fulfilled, Isaiah 14:27.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

6. The perpetuity of the frame of nature is, of course, subject to Him who formed it.

a decree … pass—His ordinances respecting them shall not change (Jer 36:31), or perish (Job 34:20; Ps 37:36).

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Praise the Lord from the Heavens!
…5Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. 6He has also established them for ever and ever: he has made a decree which shall not pass. 7Praise the LORD from the earth, you dragons, and all deeps: …

Job 38:33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God's dominion over the earth?
Psalm 89:37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky."
Psalm 119:90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.
Jeremiah 31:35 This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar-- the LORD Almighty is his name:
Jeremiah 31:36 "Only if these decrees vanish from my sight," declares the LORD, "will Israel ever cease being a nation before me." declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 33:20 "This is what the LORD says: 'If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time,
Jeremiah 33:25 This is what the LORD says: 'If I have not made my covenant with day and night and established the laws of heaven and earth,