New English Translation
Psalms 147:13
13For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.
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
11The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love. 12Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you. 14He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain. 15He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination.
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כִּֽי־חִ֭זַּק בְּרִיחֵ֣י שְׁעָרָ֑יִךְ בֵּרַ֖ךְ בָּנַ֣יִךְ בְּקִרְבֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 147:13
- Psalms 48:11Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.
- Psalms 51:18Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!
- Psalms 125:2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forevermore.
- Nehemiah 3:1Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 6:1When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),
- Nehemiah 7:1When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,
- Nehemiah 12:30When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
- Lamentations 2:8The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. ט (Tet)
- Lamentations 4:12Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands ever thought that enemy or foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem. מ (Mem)
- Daniel 9:25So know and understand: From the issuing of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times.
- Psalms 115:14May he increase your numbers, yours and your children’s!
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.
- Psalms 144:12Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace.
- Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.
- Jeremiah 30:19Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
- Zechariah 8:3The Lord says, ‘I have returned to Zion and will live within Jerusalem. Now Jerusalem will be called “truthful city,” “mountain of the Lord who rules over all,” “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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