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Psalms 147:13
13Praise him because he makes your city's gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
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
11Who does make the Lord happy? People who respect him and serve him well. People who trust him because they know he loves them. 12Jerusalem's people, praise the Lord! Yes, Zion's people, praise your God! Praise him because he makes your city's gates strong. He blesses the people who live there. 14He causes your borders to be safe from your enemies. He gives you lots of the best wheat to eat. 15He sends his commands to reach all the earth. Very soon the whole world knows what he wants.
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:13 word by word
כִּֽי־חִ֭זַּק בְּרִיחֵ֣י שְׁעָרָ֑יִךְ בֵּרַ֖ךְ בָּנַ֣יִךְ בְּקִרְבֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 147:13
- Psalms 48:11Because you judge people in a right way, Mount Zion and all the towns of Judah will be happy.
- Psalms 51:18God, please be kind and help Zion. Make the walls of Jerusalem strong again.
- Psalms 125:2The Lord is always near to his people, like the mountains round Jerusalem. He keeps his people safe, now and for ever.
- Nehemiah 3:1The leader of the priests, Eliashib, and the other priests built the Sheep Gate. They fixed the doors in it again. They built the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. They dedicated it all to God.
- Nehemiah 6:1We had finished building the city's wall. There were no holes in it now, but we had not fixed the doors in the gates. Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem (the Arab) and all our enemies heard that we had finished building the wall.
- Nehemiah 7:1When we had built the wall, we fixed the doors in their places. We chose men to be guards for the city's gates. We also chose singers and Levites to serve God.
- Nehemiah 12:30The priests and the Levites made themselves clean to serve God. Then they made the people clean, as well as the city's gates and its wall.
- Lamentations 2:8The Lord decided to destroy the strong walls of Zion. He carefully broke away each stone. It causes us to weep when we look at those walls. He destroyed them all. He destroyed the inside walls and he destroyed the strong outside walls.
- Lamentations 4:12The kings in the other cities on earth could not believe it. None of the people on earth could believe it. They thought that no enemy could go through Jerusalem's gates.
- Daniel 9:25I want you, Daniel, to understand this properly. There will be a command to build Jerusalem again. Then 7 weeks will pass, and 62 weeks will also pass. After that, a ruler that God has chosen will arrive. People will build the city of Jerusalem again. It will have streets and a strong wall around it. But there will be a lot of trouble at that time.
- Psalms 115:14I pray that the Lord will give you many children, and your children too!
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a vine that grows in your home, and it gives many grapes. Your children will sit around your table, like the branches of an olive tree that are around you.
- Psalms 144:12When our sons are young, may they grow quickly, like strong plants. May our daughters become tall and beautiful, like the beautiful pillars in a king's house.
- Isaiah 44:3I will pour water onto land that is thirsty. I will pour streams of water on the dry ground. I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and I will bless them.
- Jeremiah 30:19In those places you will hear happy songs, as people thank God. People will laugh aloud because they are so happy. I will make them grow in number. Their descendants will be many. I will cause other nations to give them honour. They will no longer insult my people.
- Zechariah 8:3‘Jerusalem is the city that I have chosen. I will return there and I will live there. Then Jerusalem will be called the city that obeys God. And the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the mountain that God has chosen.’
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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