Tree of Life Version
Psalms 147:2
2Adonai builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the exiles of Israel.
Psalms 147:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Context of Psalms 147:2
1Halleluyah! How good it is to sing praises to our God. How pleasant and fitting is praise. Adonai builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the exiles of Israel. 3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 4He determines the number of the stars. He gives them all their names.
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:2 word by word
בּוֹנֵ֣ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה נִדְחֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל יְכַנֵּֽס׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 147:2
- Psalms 51:18For You would not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it, nor be pleased by burnt offerings.
- Psalms 102:13But You, Adonai, sit enthroned forever. Your renown is from generation to generation.
- 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 7:4Now the city was spacious and large, but there were few people within it and no houses were being built.
- Isaiah 14:32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? For Adonai has founded Zion, and the afflicted of His people will find refuge in her.
- Isaiah 61:7Instead of your shame, double portion. instead of disgrace they will sing for joy. Therefore in their land they will inherit a double portion; they will have everlasting joy.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria— planters will plant and use them.
- 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.
- Matthew 16:18And I also tell you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My community; and the gates of Sheol will not overpower it.
- Psalms 102:20For He looks down from His holy height, from heaven Adonai gazes on the earth,
- Deuteronomy 30:3then Adonai your God will bring you back from captivity and have compassion on you, and He will return and gather you from all the peoples where Adonai your God has scattered you.
- Ezra 2:64The entire assembly totaled 42,360,
- Ezra 8:1Now these are the patriarchal leaders, and the genealogical records of those who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
- Isaiah 11:11It will also come about in that day that my Lord will again redeem— a second time with His hand— the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 27:13It will also come about in that day, a great shofar will be blown. Those perishing in the land of Assyria and the exiles in the land of Egypt will come and worship Adonai on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 56:8Adonai Elohim, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, “I will gather still others to him, to those already gathered.”
Commentaries on Psalms 147:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The Lord doth build up Jerusalem - He builds up the walls; he restores the city; he has caused the temple to be reconstructed. This language would be applicable to a return from the captivity. There may be an allusion here to the language in Psalm 102:16: “When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.” See the notes at that passage. What is there spoken of as what would be in the future is here spoken of as accomplished, and as a ground…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-6The psalmist remembers how the Lord restored Jerusalem and brought back his people who had suffered in exile.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. (Compare Psa 107:3; Is 11:12).Read the comment
Topics related to Psalms 147:2
In the dictionaries
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
Tree of Life Version — © 2015 The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society
Commentaries