Psalms 147:13
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
In Context
12Praise the LORD, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
14He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:1Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
Nehemiah 7:3I said to them, “Don’t let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them; and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house.”
Psalms 48:11Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
Psalms 115:14May the LORD increase you more and more, you and your children.
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table.
Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 147:13-20
Jerusalem and Zion Called to Praise to God; God's Favour to Israel. 12 Praise the Lord , O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. 14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his… Read the whole commentary →