Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! New Living Translation Praise the LORD! How good to sing praises to our God! How delightful and how fitting! English Standard Version Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. Berean Standard Bible Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him! King James Bible Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. New King James Version Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful. New American Standard Bible Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is beautiful. NASB 1995 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming. NASB 1977 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming. Legacy Standard Bible Praise Yah! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming. Amplified Bible Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate. Christian Standard Bible Hallelujah! How good it is to sing to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely. Holman Christian Standard Bible Hallelujah! How good it is to sing to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely. American Standard Version Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely. Aramaic Bible in Plain English It is good to sing to our God, and sweet, and praise is fitting for him. Brenton Septuagint Translation Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God. Contemporary English Version Shout praises to the LORD! Our God is kind, and it is right and good to sing praises to him. Douay-Rheims Bible Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise. English Revised Version Praise ye the LORD; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. GOD'S WORD® Translation Hallelujah! It is good to sing psalms to our God. It is pleasant to sing [his] praise beautifully. Good News Translation Praise the LORD! It is good to sing praise to our God; it is pleasant and right to praise him. International Standard Version Hallelujah! It is good to sing praise to our God, and it is fitting to sing glorious praise. JPS Tanakh 1917 Hallelujah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely. Literal Standard Version Praise YAH! For [it is] good to praise our God, | For pleasant—lovely [is] praise. Majority Standard Bible Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him! New American Bible Hallelujah! How good to sing praise to our God; how pleasant to give fitting praise. NET Bible Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate! New Revised Standard Version Praise the LORD! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. New Heart English Bible Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him. Webster's Bible Translation Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. World English Bible Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him. Young's Literal Translation Praise ye Jah! For it is good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely is praise. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context It is Good to Sing Praises1Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him! 2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.… Cross References Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father's God, and I will exalt Him. Psalm 33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous; befitting is the praise of the upright. Psalm 92:1 It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, Psalm 135:3 Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely. Treasury of Scripture Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. for it is good Psalm 63:3-5 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee… Psalm 92:1 A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: Psalm 135:3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. and praise Psalm 33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. Psalm 42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. Psalm 122:1-4 A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD… Jump to Previous Beautiful Fitting Good Gracious Hallelujah Melody Pleasant Pleasing Praise Praises Psalms Seemly Sing Song YahJump to Next Beautiful Fitting Good Gracious Hallelujah Melody Pleasant Pleasing Praise Praises Psalms Seemly Sing Song YahPsalm 147 1. The prophet exhorts to praise God for his care of the church4. His power and wisdom 6. His mercy 7. His providence 12. To praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom 15. For his power over the elements 19. And for his ordinances in the church -1Psalm 135:3 is plainly before the poet in this verse; and yet, since Psalms 33 is in other respects his model, it is extremely doubtful whether we ought to change the reading, so as to make a complete correspondence between the verses, or suppose that the alteration was intentional, in accordance with "praise is comely for the upright" in Psalm 33:1. (See Notes on both the passages; comp. also Psalm 92:1.)Verse 1. - Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God (comp. Psalm 92:1). For it is pleasant (see Psalm 135:3). And praise is comely; rather, becoming, or seemly - suitable, that is, to such a Being as we know God to be. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Hallelujah!הַ֥לְלוּ (hal·lū) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1984: To shine How כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction good [it is] ט֭וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good to sing praises זַמְּרָ֣ה (zam·mə·rāh) Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 2167: Play, to make music, celebrate in song and music to our God, אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction praise תְהִלָּֽה׃ (ṯə·hil·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8416: Praise, song of praise is pleasant נָ֝עִים (nā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5273: Pleasant, delightful and lovely. נָאוָ֥ה (nā·wāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 5000: Suitable, beautiful Links Psalm 147:1 NIVPsalm 147:1 NLT Psalm 147:1 ESV Psalm 147:1 NASB Psalm 147:1 KJV Psalm 147:1 BibleApps.com Psalm 147:1 Biblia Paralela Psalm 147:1 Chinese Bible Psalm 147:1 French Bible Psalm 147:1 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 147:1 Praise Yah for it is good (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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