Psalms 147:1
Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.
Cross References
Psalms 33:1Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright.
Psalms 63:3For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.
Psalms 92:2To declare thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness in the nights,
Psalms 135:3Praise ye Jah; for Jehovah is good: sing psalms unto his name; for it is pleasant.
Revelation 19:1After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah: the salvation and the glory and the power of 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 →