Psalm 147:1 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Hallelujah! It is good to sing psalms to our God. It is pleasant to sing his praise beautifully.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

ASV:

Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

BBE:

Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.

DBY:

Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.

ERV:

Praise ye the LORD; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

JPS:

Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

WBS:

Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

WEB:

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

YLT:

Praise ye Jah! For it is good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely is praise.

Psalm 147:1 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 33:1 Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright.

Psalm 92:1 A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

Psalm 135:3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] {a} pleasant; [and] praise is comely.
(a) He shows in which we ought to exercise ourselves continually, and to take our pastime: that is, in praising God.

MHC:

147:1-11 Praising God is work that is its own wages. It is comely; it becomes us as reasonable creatures, much more as people in covenant with God. He gathers outcast sinners by his grace, and will bring them into his holy habitation. To those whom God heals with the consolations of his Spirit, he speaks peace, assures them their sins are pardoned. And for this, let others praise him also. Man's knowledge is soon ended; but God's knowledge is a dept that can never be fathomed. And while he telleth the number of the stars, he condescends to hear the broken-hearted sinner. While he feeds the young ravens, he will not leave his praying people destitute. Clouds look dull and melancholy, yet without them we could have no rain, therefore no fruit. Thus afflictions look black and unpleasant; but from clouds of affliction come showers that make the soul to yield the peaceable fruits of righteousness. The psalmist delights not in things wherein sinners trust and glory; but a serious and suitable regard to God is, in his sight, of very great price. We are not to be in doubt between hope and fear, but to act under the gracious influences of hope and fear united.

CONC:

Beautiful Becoming Comely Fitting Gracious Hallelujah Jah Melody Pleasant Pleasing Praise Praises Psalms Seemly Sing Song Yah

Beautiful Fitting Good Gracious Hallelujah Melody Pleasant Pleasing Praise Praises Psalms Seemly Sing Song Yah

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