English Standard Version
Psalms 147:14
14He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
Psalms 147:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
- New International Version (NIV)He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He makes peace in your borders, And fills you with the finest wheat.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He sends peace across your nation and satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat.
Context of Psalms 147:14
12Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! 13For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you. He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat. 15He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. 16He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:14 word by word
הַשָּׂם־גְּבוּלֵ֥ךְ שָׁל֑וֹם חֵ֥לֶב חִ֝טִּ֗ים יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 147:14
- Psalms 29:11May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!
- Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! "May they be secure who love you!
- Leviticus 26:6I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and the sword shall not go through your land.
- 1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
- Isaiah 9:6For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 60:17Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness.
- Isaiah 66:12For thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip, and bounced upon her knees.
- Zechariah 9:8Then I will encamp at my house as a guard, so that none shall march to and fro; no oppressor shall again march over them, for now I see with my own eyes.
- Psalms 132:11The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
- Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills,
- Ezekiel 27:17Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and balm.
- Psalms 81:16But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
- Deuteronomy 32:14Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats, with the very finest of the wheat— and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape.
Commentaries on Psalms 147:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14He maketh peace in thy borders - Margin, he maketh thy border peace. The word border here refers to a boundary, and stands for all the domain or territory included within the boundaries of a country. The idea is that peace prevailed throughout the land. And filleth thee with the finest of the wheat - Margin, as in Hebrew, fat of wheat. Literally, “He satisfies thee with the fat of wheat.” There is no want of wheat, and that of the best kind. Compare the…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. 1-20The psalmist calls for the Lord to be praised for restoring and blessing Zion, caring for the poor, displaying his power over nature, and revealing himself to his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. maketh ... borders--or, territories (Ge 23:17; Is 54:12). filleth thee, &c.--(Compare Margin).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 14the best of the wheat Heb. חלב, lit. fat. The best, fat wheat kernels.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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