Psalms 147:2
For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
In Context
3He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the + 147:3 Lit. fat of wheat.flour of wheat.
Cross References
Ezra 2:64And all the congregation together were about forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty;
Nehemiah 3:1Then Eliasub the high priest, and his brethren the priests, rose up, and built the sheep-gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of the hundred they sanctified it, to the tower of Anameel.
Nehemiah 6:16And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations round about us feared, and great alarm fell upon them, and they knew that it was of our God that this work should be finished.
Psalms 102:17But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children;
Isaiah 11:11And it shall be in that day, that the Lord shall again shew his hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and that from Egypt, and from the country of Babylon, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 147:2-12
A Call to Praise God; Reasons for Praise. 1 Praise ye the Lord : for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. 6 The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. 7… Read the whole commentary →