Psalms 147:2
1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
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.
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
- KJV
- The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
- WEB
- The LORD builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
- ASV
- Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
- DARBY
- Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.
- BLB
- The One building up Jerusalem [is] YHWH, [and] He gathers together the exiles of Israel,
- ÅB
- Herren bygger Jerusalem, de bortdrevne av Israel samler han.
- OTB
- Herren gjenoppretter Jerusalem;
Han samler Israels bortførte. - B1930
- Herren bygger Jerusalem, de bortdrevne av Israel samler han.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 56:8
The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:3
That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
Read in contextPsalms 51:18
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Read in contextPsalms 102:20–22
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Read in contextIsaiah 62:7
And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Read in contextEphesians 2:12–19
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Read in contextJeremiah 32:37
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
Read in contextEzekiel 39:27–28
When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
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