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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Psalm 147

Chapter 147

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

for it is good

63:3-5 92:1 135:3

and praise

33:1 42:4 122:1-4 Revelation 5:9-14 19:1-6

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

build

51:18 102:13-16 Nehemiah 3:1-16 7:4 Isaiah 14:32 62:7 Jeremiah 31:4 Daniel 9:25 Matthew 16:18

he

102:20-22 Deuteronomy 30:3 Ezra 2:64,65 8:1-14 Isaiah 11:11,12 27:13 56:8 Jeremiah 32:37 Ezekiel 36:24-38 37:21-28 38:8 39:27,28 Ephesians 2:12-19

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

healeth

51:17 Job 5:18 Isaiah 57:15 61:1 Jeremiah 33:6 Hosea 6:1,2 Malachi 4:2 Luke 4:18

wounds

Heb. griefs.

Isaiah 1:5,6

He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

He

8:3 148:3 Genesis 15:5 Isaiah 40:26

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Great

48:1 96:4 99:2 135:5 145:3 1 Chronicles 16:25 Jeremiah 10:6 32:17-19 Nahum 1:3 Revelation 15:3

his understanding is infinite

Heb. of his understanding there is no number.

40:5 139:17,18 Isaiah 40:28 Romans 11:33

The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

lifteth up

25:9 37:11 145:14 146:8,9 149:4 1 Samuel 2:8 Zephaniah 2:3 Matthew 5:5 James 4:10 1 Peter 3:4 5:6

he casteth

55:23 73:18,19 146:9 2 Peter 2:4-9

Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

47:6,7 68:32 92:1-3 95:1,2 107:21,22 Exodus 15:20,21 Revelation 5:8-10

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

covereth

135:1 Genesis 9:14 1 Kings 18:44,45 Job 26:8,9 36:27-33 38:24-27 Isaiah 5:6

prepareth

65:9-13 104:13,14 Job 5:10 Jeremiah 14:22 Joel 2:23 Amos 5:7,8 Matthew 5:45 Acts 14:17 James 5:17,18

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

104:27,28 136:25 145:15,16 Job 38:41 Matthew 6:26 Luke 12:24

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

delighteth

20:7 33:16-18 Job 39:19-25 Proverbs 21:31 Isaiah 31:1 Hosea 1:7

he taketh

1 Samuel 16:7 2 Samuel 1:23 2:18-23 Ecclesiastes 9:11

The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

taketh

35:27 149:4 Proverbs 11:20 31:30 Isaiah 62:4 Zephaniah 3:17 Malachi 3:16,17 1 Peter 3:4

fear

33:18,22 1 Peter 1:13,17

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

praise thy God

135:19-21 146:10 149:2 Isaiah 12:6 52:7 Joel 2:23

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

he hath

48:11-14 51:18 125:2 Nehemiah 3:1-16 6:1 7:1 12:30 Lamentations 2:8,9 4:12 Daniel 9:25

blessed

115:14,15 128:3-6 144:12 Isaiah 44:3-5 Jeremiah 30:19,20 Zechariah 8:3-5 Luke 19:42-44

He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

He maketh peace, etc

Heb. Who maketh thy border peace.

29:11 122:6 Leviticus 26:6 1 Chronicles 22:9 Isaiah 9:6,7 60:17,18 66:12 Zechariah 9:8

filleth

132:11 Deuteronomy 8:7,8 Ezekiel 27:17

finest of the wheat

Heb. fat of wheat.

81:16 *marg:; Deuteronomy 32:14

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

sendeth

33:9 107:20,25 Job 34:29 37:12 Jonah 1:4 Matthew 8:8,9,13

his word

68:11 2 Thessalonians 3:1 *marg:

He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

giveth

148:8 Job 37:6 Isaiah 55:10

scattereth

Job 37:9,10 38:29

He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

casteth

78:47,48 Exodus 9:23-25 Joshua 10:11 Job 38:22,23

who can stand

Job 38:29,30

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

15 Job 6:16,17 37:10,17

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

sheweth

76:1 78:5 103:7 Deuteronomy 33:2-4 Malachi 4:4 Romans 3:2 9:4 2 Timothy 3:15-17

word

Heb. words.

Exodus 20:1-21 Deuteronomy 4:12,13 *marg:; Deuteronomy 5:22

his statutes

Exodus 21:1-23 Deuteronomy 4:1,8,45 5:31 6:1 Malachi 4:4

He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

not dealt so

Deuteronomy 4:32-34 Proverbs 29:18 Isaiah 5:1-7 Matthew 21:33-41 Acts 14:16 26:27,18 Romans 3:1,2 Ephesians 2:12 5:8 1 Peter 2:9,10