New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 147

Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

1 1Praise 2the Lord! For 3it is good to sing praises to our God; For 4it is pleasant and praise is 5 6beautiful.2The Lord 7builds up Jerusalem; He 8gathers the outcasts of Israel.3He heals the 9brokenhearted And 10binds up their 11wounds.4He 12counts the number of the stars; He 13 14gives names to all of them.5 15Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His 16understanding is 17infinite.6The Lord 18 19supports the afflicted; He brings the wicked down to the ground.

7 20Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre;8It is He who 21covers the heavens with clouds, Who 22provides rain for the earth, Who 23makes grass sprout on the mountains.9It is He who 24gives an animal its food, And feeds 25young ravens that cry.10He does not delight in 26the strength of the 27horse; He 28does not take pleasure in the 29legs of a man.11The Lord 30favors those who fear Him, 31Those who wait for His 32faithfulness.

12Praise the Lord, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!13For He has strengthened the 33bars of your gates; He has 34blessed your sons among you.14He 35makes 36peace in your borders; He 37satisfies you with 38the 39finest of the wheat.15He sends His 40command to the earth; His 41word runs very swiftly.16He 42showers 43snow like wool; He scatters the 44frost like ashes.17He hurls His 45ice as fragments; Who can stand before His 46cold?18He 47sends His word and makes them melt; He 48makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.19He 49declares His words to Jacob, His 50statutes and His judgments to Israel.20He 51has not dealt this way with any other nation; And as for His judgments, 52they have 53not known them. 54Praise 55the Lord!

Notes

1. Psalms 147:1 Or Hallelujah! ↩
2. Psalms 147:1 Heb Yah ↩
3. Psalms 147:1 Ps 92:1; 135:3 ↩
4. Psalms 147:1 Or He is delightful ↩
5. Psalms 147:1 Or fitting ↩
6. Psalms 147:1 Ps 33:1 ↩
7. Psalms 147:2 Ps 51:18; 102:16 ↩
8. Psalms 147:2 Deut 30:3; Ps 106:47; Is 11:12; 56:8; Ezek 39:28 ↩
9. Psalms 147:3 Ps 34:18; 51:17; Is 61:1 ↩
10. Psalms 147:3 Job 5:18; Is 30:26; Ezek 34:16 ↩
11. Psalms 147:3 Lit pains ↩
12. Psalms 147:4 Gen 15:5 ↩
13. Psalms 147:4 Or calls them all by their names ↩
14. Psalms 147:4 Is 40:26 ↩
15. Psalms 147:5 Ps 48:1; 145:3 ↩
16. Psalms 147:5 Is 40:28 ↩
17. Psalms 147:5 Lit innumerable ↩
18. Psalms 147:6 Or relieves ↩
19. Psalms 147:6 Ps 37:24; 146:8, 9 ↩
20. Psalms 147:7 Ps 33:2; 95:1, 2 ↩
21. Psalms 147:8 Job 26:8 ↩
22. Psalms 147:8 Job 5:10; 38:26; Ps 104:13 ↩
23. Psalms 147:8 Job 38:27; Ps 104:14 ↩
24. Psalms 147:9 Ps 104:27, 28; 145:15 ↩
25. Psalms 147:9 Job 38:41; Matt 6:26 ↩
26. Psalms 147:10 I.e., as a military asset ↩
27. Psalms 147:10 Ps 33:17 ↩
28. Psalms 147:10 1 Sam 16:7 ↩
29. Psalms 147:10 I.e., as a military asset ↩
30. Psalms 147:11 Ps 149:4 ↩
31. Psalms 147:11 Ps 33:18 ↩
32. Psalms 147:11 Or mercy ↩
33. Psalms 147:13 Neh 3:3; 7:3 ↩
34. Psalms 147:13 Ps 37:26 ↩
35. Psalms 147:14 Ps 29:11; Is 54:13; 60:17, 18 ↩
36. Psalms 147:14 Lit your borders peace ↩
37. Psalms 147:14 Ps 132:15 ↩
38. Psalms 147:14 Deut 32:14; Ps 81:16 ↩
39. Psalms 147:14 Lit fat ↩
40. Psalms 147:15 Job 37:12; Ps 148:5 ↩
41. Psalms 147:15 Ps 104:4 ↩
42. Psalms 147:16 Lit gives ↩
43. Psalms 147:16 Job 37:6; Ps 148:8 ↩
44. Psalms 147:16 Job 38:29 ↩
45. Psalms 147:17 Job 37:10 ↩
46. Psalms 147:17 Job 37:9 ↩
47. Psalms 147:18 Ps 33:9; 107:20; 147:15 ↩
48. Psalms 147:18 Ps 107:25 ↩
49. Psalms 147:19 Deut 33:3, 4 ↩
50. Psalms 147:19 Mal 4:4 ↩
51. Psalms 147:20 Deut 4:7, 8, 32-34; Rom 3:1, 2 ↩
52. Psalms 147:20 I.e., the other nations ↩
53. Psalms 147:20 Ps 79:6; Jer 10:25 ↩
54. Psalms 147:20 Or Hallelujah! ↩
55. Psalms 147:20 Heb Yah ↩

Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

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Commentaries on Psalms 147