1. Praise for establishing the heavens 148:1-6

148:1-4 The psalmist summoned everything above the earth to praise God. This included the angels as well as the stars, planets, sun, moon, and clouds to which the writer attributed the ability to praise by personification.

148:5-6 These heavenly entities should praise Yahweh because He created them all by His command. Furthermore they continue to exist as they do because God made a decree that they should endure as long as He wills. The Canaanites worshipped the heavenly host, so this psalm would have been a polemic against their idolatry.