Psalms 147:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Psalms 147:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The Lord doth build up Jerusalem - He builds up the walls; he restores the city; he has caused the temple to be reconstructed. This language would be applicable to a return from the captivity. Th...

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• Psalms 147:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The LORD doth build up (b) Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. (b) Because the Lord is the founder of the Church, it cannot be destroyed, though the members of it are dispersed...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 147:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. doth build up Jerusalem . is Jerusalem's builder (participle). No reference to post-exilic building. Compare Psalms 122:3 . gathereth . will gather. outca...

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• Psalms 147:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  2. Jehovah building up, etc. He begins with the special mercy of God towards his Church and people, in choosing to adopt one nation out of all others, and selecting a fixed place where his...

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• Psalms 147:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. The Lord doth build up - The psalmist appears to see the walls rising under his eye, because the outcasts of Israel, th...

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• Psalms 147:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. The Lord doth build up Jerusalem. The city was built up by Nehemiah first ( Nehemiah 2:5 ), and afterward the w...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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.

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• Psalms 147:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Build up — i.e., of course, “rebuild.” The word “outcasts,” which is that used in Isaiah 11:12 ; Isaiah 56:8 , shows that the rebuilding after the captivity is intended. The LXX. and Vulg. have...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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)...

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• Psalms 147:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I consider this subject spiritually. For the building of Jerusalem is peculiarly the office of Christ. When the Lord promises to lift up an ensign to the people, it evidently refers to Christ. See th...

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• Psalms 147:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  GOD’S BUILDING ‘The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; He...

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• Psalms 147:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The Lord doth build up Jerusalem ,.... Literally, after the Babylonish captivity, according to some; or rather when taken from the Jebusites by David; or spiritually the church, which is often calle...

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• Psalms 147:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. Ver. 2. The Lord doth build up Jerusalem ] He is the only architect of his Church. He layeth the foundation of it in...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 147:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Build up Jerusalem; it is the Lord's own doing, and not man s. The outcasts; or, the banished , who were carried captives out of their own land, and dispersed in divers strange countries.

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 147:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 147:2-5 The text reveals the constructive side of Divine government: I. As shown in the building up of the Church. That He should do so shows: (1) that the Church is self-demolished; (2) t...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 147:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 147:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Hallelujah to the God of Zion. A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all creatures, but especially toward His people, His holy congregation.

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• Psalms 147:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Daniel 9:25 ; Deuteronomy 30:3 ; Ephesians 2:12-19 ; Ezekiel 36:24-38 ; Ezekiel 37:21-28 ; Ezekiel 38:8 ; Ezekiel 39:27 ; Ezekiel 39:28 ; Ezra 2:64 ; Ezra 2:65 ; Ezra 8:1-14 ; Isaiah 11:1...

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