Psalms 147:1
Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
Cross References
Psalms 33:1Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
Psalms 92:2to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
Psalms 135:3Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
Revelation 19:1After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to 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 →