Psalms 147

Psalms 147:1

AMP: Praise the Lord!For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God;Praise is becoming and appropriate.

ASV: Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, [and] praise is comely.

BSB: Hallelujah!How good it is to sing praises to our God,how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!

DARBY: Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.

DRA: Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.

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

Psalms 147:2

AMP: The Lord is building up Jerusalem;He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel.

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

BSB: The LORD builds up Jerusalem;He gathers the exiles of Israel.

DARBY: Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.

DRA: Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in princes:

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

Psalms 147:3

AMP: He heals the brokenheartedAnd binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow]. [Ps 34:18; Is 57:15; 61:1; Luke 4:18]

ASV: He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

BSB: He heals the brokenheartedand binds up their wounds.

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

DRA: in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.

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

Psalms 147:4

AMP: He counts the number of the stars;He calls them all by their names.

ASV: He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by [their] names.

BSB: He determines the number of the stars;He calls them each by name.

DARBY: He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all.

DRA: His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.

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

Psalms 147:5

AMP: Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength;His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].

ASV: Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.

BSB: Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;His understanding has no limit.

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

DRA: Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

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

Psalms 147:6

AMP: The Lord lifts up the humble;He casts the wicked down to the ground.

ASV: Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

BSB: The LORD sustains the humble,but casts the wicked to the ground.

DARBY: Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.

DRA: who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.

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

Psalms 147:7

AMP: ¶Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;Sing praises to our God with the lyre,

ASV: Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,

BSB: Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;make music on the harp to our God,

DARBY: Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God:

DRA: Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered:

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

Psalms 147:8

AMP: Who covers the heavens with clouds,Who provides rain for the earth,Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

ASV: Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

BSB: who covers the sky with clouds,who prepares rain for the earth,who makes grass to grow on the hills.

DARBY: Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;

DRA: the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.

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

Psalms 147:9

AMP: He gives to the beast its food,And to the young ravens that for which they cry.

ASV: He giveth to the beast his food, [And] to the young ravens which cry.

BSB: He provides food for the animals,and for the young ravens when they call.

DARBY: Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.

DRA: The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.

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

Psalms 147:10

AMP: He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse,Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.

ASV: He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.

BSB: He does not delight in the strength of the horse;He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

DARBY: He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;

DRA: The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.

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

Psalms 147:11

AMP: The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness. [Ps 145:20]

ASV: Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.

BSB: The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him,who hope in His loving devotion.

DARBY: Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.

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

Psalms 147:12

AMP: ¶Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!Praise your God, O Zion!

ASV: Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.

BSB: Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem;praise your God, O Zion!

DARBY: Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

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

Psalms 147:13

AMP: For He has strengthened the bars of your gates,He has blessed your children within you.

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

BSB: For He strengthens the bars of your gatesand blesses the children within you.

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

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

Psalms 147:14

AMP: He makes peace in your borders;He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

ASV: He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

BSB: He makes peace at your borders;He fills you with the finest wheat.

DARBY: He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.

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

Psalms 147:15

AMP: He sends His command to the earth;His word runs very swiftly.

ASV: He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly.

BSB: He sends forth His command to the earth;His word runs swiftly.

DARBY: He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

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

Psalms 147:16

AMP: He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool;He scatters the frost like ashes.

ASV: He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

BSB: He spreads the snow like wool;He scatters the frost like ashes;

DARBY: He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;

KJV: He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes.

Psalms 147:17

AMP: He casts out His ice like fragments;Who can stand before His cold?

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

BSB: He casts forth His hail like pebbles.Who can withstand His icy blast?

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

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

Psalms 147:18

AMP: He sends out His word and melts the ice;He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

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

BSB: He sends forth His word and melts them;He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

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

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

Psalms 147:19

AMP: He declares His word to Jacob,His statutes and His ordinances to Israel. [Mal 4:4]

ASV: He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.

BSB: He declares His word to Jacob,His statutes and judgments to Israel.

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

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

Psalms 147:20

AMP: He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation;They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances.Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) [Ps 79:6; Jer 10:25]

ASV: He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah. Psalm 148

BSB: He has done this for no other nation;they do not know His judgments.Hallelujah!

DARBY: He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for [his] judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!

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