Psalms 147:1
Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.
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2For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.
Cross References
Psalms 33:1To David, when he changed his appearance in the sight of Abimelech, and so he dismissed him, and he went away.
Psalms 63:3You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity.
Psalms 92:2My throne is prepared from of old. You are from everlasting.
Psalms 135:3Confess to the Lord of lords, for his mercy is eternal.
Revelation 19:1After these things, I heard something like the voice of many multitudes in heaven, saying: “Alleluia! Praise and glory and power is for our God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 147:1
This is another psalm of praise. Some think it was penned after the return of the Jews from their captivity; but it is so much of a piece with Ps. cxlv. that I rather think it was penned by David, and what is said ( ver. 2 , 13 ) may well enough be applied to the first building and fortifying of Jerusalem in his time, and the gathering in of those that had been out-casts in Saul's time. The Septuagint divides it into two; and we may divide it into the first and second part, but both of the same import. I. We are… Read the whole commentary →