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Psalms 147:20
20He has not done this for every nation; they do not know his judgments. Hallelujah!
Psalms 147:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. Praise the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules. Praise the Lord!
- New King James Version (NKJV)He has not dealt thus with any nation; And as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise the Lord!
Context of Psalms 147:20
18He sends his word and melts them; he unleashes his winds, and the water flows. 19He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and judgments to Israel. He has not done this for every nation; they do not know his judgments. Hallelujah!
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:20 word by word
לֹ֘א עָ֤שָׂה כֵ֨ן׀ לְכָל־גּ֗וֹי וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֥ים בַּל־יְדָע֗וּם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 147:20
- Deuteronomy 4:32“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created mankind on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?
- Proverbs 29:18Without revelation people run wild, but one who follows divine instruction will be happy.
- Isaiah 5:1I will sing about the one I love, a song about my loved one’s vineyard: The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
- Matthew 21:33“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
- Acts 14:16In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own way,
- Acts 26:27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you believe.”
- Romans 3:1So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?
- Ephesians 2:12At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light —
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Commentaries on Psalms 147:20
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20He hath not dealt so with any nation - He has favored Israel more than any other people by giving them his revealed truth. This was so. There was no nation in the ancient world so favored as the Hebrew people in this respect. There is no nation now so favored as the nation that has the revealed will of God - the Bible. The possession of that book gives a nation a vast superiority in all respects over all others. In laws, customs, morals, intelligence…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-20Verses 12-20 The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these are represented by his favours in the course of nature. The thawing word may represent the gospel of Christ, and the thawing wind the Spirit of Christ; for the Spirit is compared to the wind, Joh 3:8. Converting grace softens the heart that was hard…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20word … statutes … judgments: The Lord gave powerful words to Israel so that they might obey him (Psalm 105:45).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2019-20. This mighty ruler and benefactor of heaven and earth is such especially to His chosen people, to whom alone (De 4:32-34) He has made known His will, while others have been left in darkness. Therefore unite in the great hallelujah.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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