Psalms 148:3

Psa 148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

Ver. 3. Praise ye him, sun and moon ] These do, after a sort, declare the glory of God, Psa 19:1-2 Habakkuk 3:3 ; not with mind and affection, as if they were understanding creatures (as Plato held, In Epimenide), but by their light influences, admirable motions, and obedience, whereby quasi mutis vocibus, by a dumb kind of eloquence, saith Nazianzen, they give praise to God, and bid check to us for our dulness and disorders.

Praise him, all ye stars of light ] A light, then, they have of their own (besides what they borrow of the sun), which they withhold at God’s appointment, Isaiah 13:10 , and influences they have which cannot be restrained or resisted, Job 38:31-32 .