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Psalms 147:13
13For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;
Psalms 147:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
- New International Version (NIV)He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your children within you.
Context of Psalms 147:13
11Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness. 12Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee; 14He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat. 15He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
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כִּֽי־חִ֭זַּק בְּרִיחֵ֣י שְׁעָרָ֑יִךְ בֵּרַ֖ךְ בָּנַ֣יִךְ בְּקִרְבֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 147:13
- Psalms 48:11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
- Psalms 51:18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.
- Psalms 125:2Jerusalem! — mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth and for evermore.
- Nehemiah 3:1And Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep-gate. They hallowed it, and set up its doors; and they hallowed it even to the tower of Meah, to the tower of Hananeel.
- Nehemiah 6:1And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
- Nehemiah 7:1And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.
- Nehemiah 12:30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates and the wall.
- Lamentations 2:8Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; and he hath made the rampart and the wall to lament: they languish together.
- Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
- Daniel 9:25Know therefore and understand: From the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto Messiah, the Prince, are seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. The street and the moat shall be built again, even in troublous times.
- Psalms 115:14Jehovah will add unto you more, unto you and unto your children.
- Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
- Psalms 144:12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
- Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
- Jeremiah 30:19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished; and I will honour them, and they shall not be small.
- Zechariah 8:3Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called, The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain.
Commentaries on Psalms 147:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates - He has made thee safe and secure - as if he had given additional strength to the fastenings of the gates of the city. Cities were surrounded by walls. They were entered through gates. Those gates were fastened by bars passed across them, to which the gates were secured. The language here might be applicable to any period, but it is probable that there is particular reference to Jerusalem as made strong in…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. 13the bars of your gates: These represent protection from enemies. God blesses his people by giving them safety, prosperity, peace, and the things they need (see Psalm 133:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. strengthened ... gates--or, means of defense against invaders,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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