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Psalms 147:2

Psalms chapter 147 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, andpraise is comely.

v.2This passage

v.3He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

Cross references

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

  • Ezra 2:64

    The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

  • Psalms 51:18

    Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

  • Nehemiah 7:4

    Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

  • Jeremiah 32:37

    Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.

  • Isaiah 62:7

    and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

  • Isaiah 14:32

    What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.