Psalms 147:1
Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant — comely [is] praise.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
Cross References
Psalms 33:1Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise [is] comely.
Psalms 63:3Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.
Psalms 92:2To declare in the morning Thy kindness, And Thy faithfulness in the nights.
Psalms 135:3Praise ye Jah! for Jehovah [is] good, Sing praise to His name, for [it is] pleasant.
Revelation 19:1And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, 'Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, [is] to the Lord 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 →