Tree of Life Version
Psalms 147:13
13For He strengthens the bars of your gates. 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
11Adonai delights in those who revere Him, in those who trust in His lovingkindness. 12Exalt Adonai, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! For He strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you. 14He puts shalom within your borders. He satisfies you with the finest wheat. 15He sends earth His command— His word runs swiftly.
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 48:11Like Your Name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- Psalms 51:18For You would not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it, nor be pleased by burnt offerings.
- Psalms 125:2As the mountains are around Jerusalem, so Adonai is all around His people, both now and forever.
- Nehemiah 3:1Then Eliashib the kohen gadol and his brothers, the kohanim, arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors, dedicating it as far as the Tower of the Hundred and as far as the Tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 6:1Now it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it—even though at that time I had not positioned the doors in the gates.
- Nehemiah 7:1After the wall had been rebuilt, the doors set up, and the gatekeepers, singers and Levites appointed,
- Nehemiah 12:30After the kohanim and the Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
- Lamentations 2:8Adonai resolved to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line. He did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He caused rampart and wall to lament— together they languished away.
- Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did the inhabitations of the world, that enemy and foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem.
- Daniel 9:25So know and understand: From the issuing of the decree to restore and to build Jerusalem until the time Mashiach, the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and 62 weeks. It will be rebuilt, with plaza and moat, but it will be in times of distress.
- Psalms 115:14May Adonai increase you more and more —you and your children.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house. Your children will be like olive saplings around your table.
- Psalms 144:12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved for the construction of a palace.
- Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit on your offspring, and My blessing on your descendants.
- Jeremiah 30:19Out of them will come thanksgiving and the sound of celebration. I will multiply them, so they will not decrease. I will also honor them, so they will not be insignificant.
- Zechariah 8:3Thus says Adonai, “I will return to Zion and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth and the mountain of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be called 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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