Psalms 147:1
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!
- KJV
- Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
- WEB
- Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
- ASV
- Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, [and] praise is comely.
- DARBY
- Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.
- BLB
- Hallelu YAH! For [it is] good to praise our God—how pleasant [and] beautiful [is] praise!
- ÅB
- Lov Herren! For det er godt å lovsynge vår Gud, det er liflig, lovsang sømmer seg.
- OTB
- Lov Herren!
Det er godt å synge lovsanger til vår Gud;
Det er herlig, og slik lovsang er vakker. - B1930
- Lov Herren! For det er godt å lovsynge vår Gud, det er liflig, lovsang sømmer sig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 135:3
Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
Read in contextPsalms 92:1
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
Read in contextPsalms 33:1
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Read in contextPsalms 42:4
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Read in contextPsalms 63:3–5
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Read in contextRevelation 5:9–14
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Read in contextRevelation 19:1–6
And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
Read in contextPsalms 122:1–4
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
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