Psalms 147:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 147:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Praise ye the Lord - Hallelu-jah. See Psalms 146:1 . For it is good to sing praises unto our God - See the notes at Psalms 92:1 : “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord.” For...
Psalms 147:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] (a) pleasant; [and] praise is comely. (a) He shows in which we ought to exercise ourselves continually, and to take our...
Psalms 147:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXLVII. The LXX, perhaps rightly, divides the Ps. into two, Psalms 147:1-11 and Psalms 147:12-20 . Psalms 147:1-11 . An invitation to praise Yahweh for His almighty power and His kindness t...
Psalms 147:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The second of these five Hallelujah Psalms, the EXODUS Psalm. Praise ye THE LORD. Hebrew Hallelu-JAH. App-4. Not "inserted by mistake in verse Psalms 147:1 instead of in the title", but required...
Psalms 147:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Praise ye God, etc. Though the benefits he speaks of are such as God extends to all men indiscriminately, it is plain that he addresses more especially God’s people, who alone behold his wo...
Psalms 147:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. Praise is comely - It is decent, befitting, and proper that every intelligent creature...
Psalms 147:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The prophet exhorteth to praise God for his care of the church, his power, and his mercy: for his providence: for his blessings upon the kingdom, for his power over the seasons, and for his ordinanc...
Psalms 147:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. The four psalms (and probably the preceding psalm, Psalms 146:1-10 ), 147-150, form o...
Psalms 147:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A song of praise in which the Psalmist recounts God's mercies (1) in restoring Jerusalem, (2) in helping those cast down, (3) in caring for the animal world, and (4) in the changing seasons.
Psalms 147:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 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 co...
Psalms 147:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 147:1-20 THE threefold calls to praise Jehovah ( Psalms 147:1 , Psalms 147:7 , Psalms 147:12 ) divide this psalm into three parts, the two former of which are closely connected, inasmuch...
Psalms 147:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Why We Praise the Lord Psalms 147:1-11 It has been supposed that this psalm was prepared for use when the new walls of the city were completed in the days of Nehemiah. It contains a further enu...
Psalms 147:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this psalm, beginning with a call which declares the pleasantness and comeliness of praise (v. Psa 147:1), the singer first celebrates the Divine activity in restoring His people (vv. Psa 147:2-6)...
Psalms 147:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The subject, though enlarged in this Psalm, is in substance the same as the two former. It consists of the praises of the Church upon earth looking unto her Lord, in imitation of the church...
Psalms 147:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Praise ye the Lord ,.... When he shall reign, as Kimchi connects this psalm with the preceding; the arguments used to engage men to this work are taken partly from the nature of it, as in the next c...
Psalms 147:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely. Ver. 1. It is good to sing praises ] For, 1. Hereby we glorify God, Psalms 50:23...
Psalms 147:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Praise the Lord, for it is good It is acceptable to God, and greatly beneficial and productive of comfort to ourselves. It is pleasant, and praise is comely “Being the only return man can make fo...
Psalms 147:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Call to Praise God; Reasons for Praise. 1 Praise ye the L ORD : for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for i...
Psalms 147:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 147 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm may seem, from Psalms 147:2,13 , to have been composed by some holy prophet after the return of Israel from the Babylonish captivity. It containeth an ample cel...
Psalms 147:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “Like the last Psalm, and like those which follow it, this is evidently an anthem intended for the service of the Second Temple. It celebrates God’s almighty and gracious rule over His...
Psalms 147:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 147:1 Consider the glory and the use of the Book of Psalms. I. Think, first, of the rareness and preciousness of that unique gift to the Church. The Hebrew's characteristic was his religio...
Psalms 147:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is one of the Hallelujah Psalms; it begins and ends with «Praise ye the LORD.» May our hearts be in tune, that we may praise the Lord while we read these words of praise! Psalms 147:1 . Prais...
Psalms 147:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm, like the preseding, is without title in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but is ascribed by the Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. REFLECTIONS. The people are here exhorted to praise God for al...
Psalms 147:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Praise ye the Lord. Genuine worship: - I. The transcendent excellence of true worship (verse 1). 1. It is good. (1) It accords with the constitution of the human soul. (2) It accords w...
Psalms 147:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This psalm is generally assigned to the time of the dedication of the city wall ( Nehemiah 12:27-16 ), when the gate-towers had been set up, and the gates and bars put in their places...
Psalms 147:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Praise ye the Lord, the entire congregation of believers raising its voice to that end; for it is good to sing praises unto our God, with whom the believers are joined in the most intimate fellowsh...
Psalms 147:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 122:1-4 ; Psalms 135:3 ; Psalms 33:1 ; Psalms 42:4 ; Psalms 63:3-5 ; Psalms 92:1 ; Revelation 19:1-6 ; Revelation 5:9-14

Psalms 147:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 147:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 147:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 147:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 147:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 147:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 147:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 147:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 147:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 147:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 147:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 147:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 147:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 147:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 147:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 147:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge