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