Psalms 147:1

Psalms chapter 147 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1This passage

v.2Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 63:3

    Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.

  • Psalms 42:4

    These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

  • Psalms 92:1

    It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;

  • Revelation 5:9

    And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

  • Psalms 33:1

    Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous: Praise is comely for the upright.

  • Revelation 19:1

    After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God: