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Psalms 147:2
2The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel.
Psalms 147:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Context of Psalms 147:2
1Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate. The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel. 3He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow]. 4He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:2 word by word
בּוֹנֵ֣ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה נִדְחֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל יְכַנֵּֽס׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 147:2
- Psalms 51:18By Your favor do good to Zion; May You rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
- Psalms 102:13You will arise and have compassion on Zion, For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her; Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.
- Nehemiah 3:1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors; and they consecrated the wall [westward] to the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 7:4Now the city was spacious and large, but there were few people in it and the houses had not [yet] been built.
- Isaiah 14:32Then what answer will one give the messengers of the [Philistine] nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, And the afflicted of His people will seek and find refuge in it.”
- Isaiah 61:7Instead of your [former] shame you will have a double portion; And instead of humiliation your people will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double [what they had forfeited]; Everlasting joy will be theirs.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel! You will again be adorned with your tambourines and timbrels And go out to the dances of those who celebrate.
- Daniel 9:25So you are to know and understand that from the issuance of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until [the coming of] the Messiah (the Anointed One), the Prince, there will be seven weeks [of years] and sixty-two weeks [of years]; it will be built again, with [a city] plaza and moat, even in times of trouble.
- Matthew 16:18And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades (death) will not overpower it [by preventing the resurrection of the Christ].
- Psalms 102:20To hear the sighing of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
- Deuteronomy 30:3then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes [in your return from exile], and have compassion on you, and will gather you together again from all the peoples (nations) where He has scattered you.
- Ezra 2:64The whole assembly totaled 42,360,
- Ezra 8:1These are the heads of their fathers’ households and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
- Isaiah 11:11Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again acquire with His hand a second time The remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, from [Lower] Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush (Ethiopia), from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Aram], And from the coastlands bordering the [Mediterranean] Sea.
- Isaiah 27:13It will come to pass in that day that a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost and perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 56:8The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares: “I will gather yet others to them (Israel), to those [already] gathered.”
Commentaries on Psalms 147:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The Lord doth build up Jerusalem - He builds up the walls; he restores the city; he has caused the temple to be reconstructed. This language would be applicable to a return from the captivity. There may be an allusion here to the language in Psalm 102:16: “When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.” See the notes at that passage. What is there spoken of as what would be in the future is here spoken of as accomplished, and as a ground…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-6The psalmist remembers how the Lord restored Jerusalem and brought back his people who had suffered in exile.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. (Compare Psa 107:3; Is 11:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 147
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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